Legal Register
ACT-17(4) Tranche 3 (13 May 2027) — Core Operating Cliff
Status: scheduled, not yet operative
Section 17(4): State processing
Not equivalent to s17(2)(a).
Statutory Trigger
State processing
Applies to: State or instrumentality
Substantive Conditions
s8(7) and s12(3) disapplied; s12(2) also disapplied where no principal-affecting decision.
Statutory Exceptions
Other duties not generally removed here.
Official Gazette Text (Verbatim Publication)
Ministry of Law and Justice publication, Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
(4) In respect of processing by the State or any instrumentality of the State, the
provisions of sub-section (7) of section 8 and sub-section (3) of section 12 and, where such
processing is for a purpose that does not include making of a decision that affects the Data
Principal, sub-section (2) of section 12 shall not apply.