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Data Protection Act 1984 (repealed 1.3.2000)

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

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As published

31 Judicial appointments and legal professional privilege.

(1) Personal data held by a government department are exempt from the subject access provisions if the data consists of information which has been received from a third party and is held as information relevant to the making of judicial apointments. (2) Personal data are exempt from the subject access provisions if the data consist of information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege (or, Scotland, to confidentiality as between client and professional legal adviser) could be maintained in legal proceedings.

Your change, as a redline

31 Judicial appointments and legal professional privilege.

(1) Personal data held by a government department are exempt from the subject access provisions if the data consists of information which has been received from a third party and is held as information relevant to the making of judicial apointments. (2) Personal data are exempt from the subject access provisions if the data consist of information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege (or, Scotland, to confidentiality as between client and professional legal adviser) could be maintained in legal proceedings.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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