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PART 6Enforcement
The special purposes
174The special purposes
(1)
In this Part, “the special purposes” means one or more of the following—
(a)
the purposes of journalism;
(b)
academic purposes;
(c)
artistic purposes;
(d)
literary purposes.
(2)
In this Part, “special purposes proceedings” means legal proceedings against a controller or processor which relate, wholly or partly, to personal data processed for the special purposes and which are—
(a)
proceedings under section 167 (including proceedings on an application under Article 79 of the F1UK GDPR), or
(b)
proceedings under Article 82 of the F2UK GDPR or section 169.
(3)
The Commissioner may make a written determination, in relation to the processing of personal data, that—
(a)
the personal data is not being processed only for the special purposes;
(b)
the personal data is not being processed with a view to the publication by a person of journalistic, academic, artistic or literary material which has not previously been published by the controller.
(4)
The Commissioner must give written notice of the determination to the controller and the processor.
(5)
The notice must provide information about the rights of appeal under section 162.
(6)
The determination does not take effect until one of the following conditions is satisfied—
(a)
the period for the controller or the processor to appeal against the determination has ended without an appeal having been brought, or
(b)
an appeal has been brought against the determination and—
(i)
the appeal and any further appeal in relation to the determination has been decided or has otherwise ended, and
(ii)
the time for appealing against the result of the appeal or further appeal has ended without another appeal having been brought.