(1) For the purposes of the UK GDPR, the following (and only the following) are "public authorities" and "public bodies" -
(a) a public authority as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000,
(b) a Scottish public authority as defined by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13), and
(c) an authority or body specified or described by the Secretary of State in regulations,
subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4).
(2) An authority or body that falls within subsection (1) is only a "public authority" or "public body" for the purposes of the UK GDPR when performing a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in it.
(3) The references in subsection (1)(a) and (b) to public authorities and Scottish public authorities as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 13) do not include any of the following that fall within those definitions -
(a) a parish council in England
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