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7. Other definitions

In this Act -

"Commission" means Standards in Public Office Commission;

"company" means a company formed and registered under the Companies Act 2014 or an existing company within the meaning of that Act;

"Data Protection Regulation" means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 [OJ No. L 119, 4.5.2016, p.1] on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);

"designated public official" has the meaning given by section 6;

"enactment" includes an instrument under an enactment;

"full-time employee" has the meaning given by section 7 of the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001;

"international organisation" has the meaning given by section 186B of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005;

"local authority" has the meaning given by the Local Government Act 2001;