Interpretation
1 In this Schedule -
"the 1984 Act" means the Data Protection Act 1984 [1984 c. 35.];
"the old principles" means the data protection principles within the meaning of the 1984 Act;
"the new principles" means the data protection principles within the meaning of this Act.
Effect of registration under Part II of 1984 Act
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) any person who, immediately before the commencement of Part III of this Act -
(a) is registered as a data user under Part II of the 1984 Act, or
(b) is treated by virtue of section 7(6) of the 1984 Act as so registered,
is exempt from section 17(1) of this Act until the end of the registration period.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1) "the registration period", in relation to a person, means -
(a) where there is a single entry in respect of that person as a data user, the period at the end of which, if section 8 of the 1984 Act had remained in force, that entry would have fallen to be removed unless renewe