(1) The Act of 1988 is amended -
(a) in section 24, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
"(1) In this section 'authorised officer' has the same meaning that it has in section 2(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018.",
and
(b) in section 26 -
(i) in subsection (1) -
(I) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "notice, and" for "notice", and
(II) by the deletion of paragraph (c), and
(ii) in subsection (4) -
(I) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of "paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of this section" for "paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of this section", and
(II) by the substitution of "with a requirement or prohibition specified in the notice" for "with a requirement or prohibition specified in the notice, or, as the case may be, a contravention by him of section 19 of this Act,".
(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) shall not apply for the purposes of subsections (1)(b), (2) and (3) of section 8.