Legal Register
ACT-17(1)(a) Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Section 17(1)(a): Qualifying processing
No citizenship shortcut or broad reasonable-purpose ground; read common chapeau ACT-17.
Regulated Actor: Person enforcing legal right/claim
Gazette Baseline: Lines 525–526
Statutory Trigger
Qualifying processing
Applies to: Person enforcing legal right/claim
Substantive Conditions
Necessary to enforce any legal right or claim.
Statutory Exceptions
Chapter II except s8(1),(5), Chapter III and s16 disapplied; s8(1),(5) remain.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
(a) the processing of personal data is necessary for enforcing any legal right or
claim;