Processing of Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector)

L.N. 109 of 2005

DATA PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 440)

Processing of Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2005

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 54 of the Data

Protection Act, the Minister for Investment, Industry and Information

Technology, after consultation with the Data Protection Commissioner,

has made the following regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Processing of Personal

Data (Electronic Communications Sector) (Amendment) Regulations,

2005 and shall be read and construed as one with the Processing of

Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector) Regulations, 2003,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Regulation 10 of the principal regulations shall be amended

as follows>-

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof, for the words “to a

subscriber, who is a natural person, unless” there shall be substituted

the words “to a subscriber, irrespective of whether such subscriber

is a natural person or a legal person, unless”< and

(b) in sub-regulation (3) thereof, for the words

“communications cease>” there shall be substituted the words

“communications cease.” and the words “ Provided that this sub-

regulation shall apply only to subscribers who are natural persons.”

shall be deleted.

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