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Police Act 1997

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.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

99 Confidential personal information.

(1) In section 97 “confidential personal information” means— (a) personal information which a person has acquired or created in the course of any trade, business, profession or other occupation or for the purposes of any paid or unpaid office, and which he holds in confidence, and (b) communications as a result of which personal information— (i) is acquired or created as mentioned in paragraph (a), and (ii) is held in confidence. (2) For the purposes of this section “personal information” means information concerning an individual (whether living or dead) who can be identified from it and relating— (a) to his physical or mental health, or (b) to spiritual counselling or assistance given or to be given to him. (3) A person holds information in confidence for the purposes of this section if he holds it subject— (a) to an express or implied undertaking to hold it in confidence, or (b) to a restriction on disclosure or an obligation of secrecy contained in any enactment (including an enactment contained in an Act passed after this Act).

Your change, as a redline

99 Confidential personal information.

(1) In section 97 “confidential personal information” means— (a) personal information which a person has acquired or created in the course of any trade, business, profession or other occupation or for the purposes of any paid or unpaid office, and which he holds in confidence, and (b) communications as a result of which personal information— (i) is acquired or created as mentioned in paragraph (a), and (ii) is held in confidence. (2) For the purposes of this section “personal information” means information concerning an individual (whether living or dead) who can be identified from it and relating— (a) to his physical or mental health, or (b) to spiritual counselling or assistance given or to be given to him. (3) A person holds information in confidence for the purposes of this section if he holds it subject— (a) to an express or implied undertaking to hold it in confidence, or (b) to a restriction on disclosure or an obligation of secrecy contained in any enactment (including an enactment contained in an Act passed after this Act).

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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