Section 29 | Processing to which this Part applies

(1)This Part applies to—

(a)the processing by a competent authority of personal data wholly or partly by automated means, and

(b)the processing by a competent authority otherwise than by automated means of personal data which forms part of a filing system or is intended to form part of a filing system.

(1A)This Part does not apply to processing to which Part 4 applies by virtue of a designation notice (see section 82A).^F1

(2)Any reference in this Part to the processing of personal data is to processing to which this Part applies.

(3)For the meaning of “competent authority”, see section 30.