Section 1 of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1) -

(i) by the insertion of the following definitions:

"'the Act of 2003' means the Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003;

'automated data' means information that -

(a) is being processed by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose, or

(b) is recorded with the intention that it should be processed by means of such equipment;

'blocking', in relation to data, means so marking the data that it is not possible to process it for purposes in relation to which it is marked;

'the Directive' means Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data [O.J. No. L 281/38 of 23.11.95, p.31];

'the EEA Agreement' means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993;

'enactment' means a statute or a statutory instrument (within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1937);

'the European Economic Area' has the meaning assigned to it by the EEA Agreement;

'manual data' means information that is recorded as part of a relevant filing system or with the intention that it should form part of a relevant filing system;