(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -
"business" includes any trade or profession;
"the Commissioner" means the Information Commissioner;
"credit reference agency" has the same meaning as in the Consumer Credit Act 1974 [1974 c. 39.];
"the Data Protection Directive" means Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data;
"EEA State" means a State which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993;
"enactment" includes an enactment passed after this Act and any enactment comprised in, or in any instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
"government department" includes - (a) any part of the Scottish Administration; (b) a Northern Ireland department; (c) the Welsh Government; (d) any body or authority exercising statutory functio