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Legislation
Data Protection Act 2018

Crossheading Interpretation

  • Section 204 Meaning of “health professional” and “social work professional”
  • Section 205 General interpretation
  • Section 206 Index of defined expressions
  1. Interpretation
  2. Index of defined expressions

Section 206 | Index of defined expressions

From legislation.gov.uk

The Table below lists provisions which define or otherwise explain terms defined for this Act, for a Part of this Act or for Chapter or of Part 2 of this Act.F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12

Table
the affirmative resolution proceduresection 182
. . .. . .
. . .. . .
assessment notice (in Part 6)section 181
biometric datasection 205
certification provider (in Part 6)section 181
the Commissionsection 3
the Commissionersection 3
competent authority (in Parts 3 and 4)sections 30 and 82
consent (in Part 4)section 84
controllersection 3
data concerning healthsection 205
the Data Protection Conventionsection 3
the data protection legislationsection 3
data subjectsection 3
designation notice (in Part 4)section 84
employee (in Parts 3 and 4)sections 33 and 84
enactmentsection 205
enforcement notice (in Part 6)section 181
the EU GDPRsection 3
filing systemsection 3
FOI public authority (in Chapter 3 of Part 2)section 21
. . .. . .
genetic datasection 205
government departmentsection 205
health professionalsection 204
health recordsection 205
identifiable living individualsection 3
inaccuratesection 205
information notice (in Part 6)section 181
intelligence service (in Part 4)section 82
international obligation of the United Kingdomsection 205
international organisationsection 205
interview notice (in Part 6)section 181
the Law Enforcement Directivesection 3
the law enforcement purposes (in Part 3)section 31
the made affirmative resolution proceduresection 182
Minister of the Crownsection 205
the negative resolution proceduresection 182
penalty notice (in Part 6)section 181
penalty variation notice (in Part 6)section 181
personal datasection 3
personal data breach (in Parts 3 and 4)sections 33 and 84
processingsection 3
processorsection 3
profiling (in Part 3)section 33
public authority (in the UK GDPR and Part 2)section 7
public body (in the UK GDPR and Part 2)section 7
publishsection 205
qualifying competent authority (in Part 4)section 82
recipient (in Parts 3 and 4)sections 33 and 84
. . .. . .
representative body (in relation to a right of a data subject)section 187
restriction of processing (in Parts 3 and 4)sections 33 and 84
sensitive processing (in Parts 3 and 4)sections 35 and 86
social work professionalsection 204
the special purposes (in Part 6)section 174
special purposes proceedings (in Part 6)section 174
subordinate legislationsection 205
third country (in Part 3)section 33
tribunalsection 205
the Tribunalsection 205
the UK GDPRsection 3
withdrawal notice (in Part 4)section 84

Notes

  1. F1

    Words in Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 86(2) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  2. F2

    Words in Table inserted (20.8.2025) by , ss. 117(5), ; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(r)

  3. F3

    Words in Table substituted (17.11.2025) by , ss. 90(9)(a)(i), ; S.I. 2025/996, reg. 2(2)(b)

  4. F4

    Words in Table substituted (17.11.2025) by , ss. 90(9)(a)(ii), ; S.I. 2025/996, reg. 2(2)(b)

  5. F5

    Words in Table inserted (17.11.2025) by , ss. 90(9)(b), 142(1); S.I. 2025/996, reg. 2(2)(b)

  6. F6

    Words in Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 86(3) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  7. F7

    Words in Table omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 86(4) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  8. F8

    Words in Table inserted (5.2.2026) by , ss. 100(11), ; S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(s)

  9. F9

    Words in Table substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 86(5) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

  10. F10

    Words in Table omitted (20.8.2025) by virtue of , s. 142(1), Sch. 11 para. 27; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(y)

  11. F11

    Words in Table inserted (20.8.2025) by , ss. 74(9), ; S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(c)

  12. F12

    Words in Table inserted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 86(6) (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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