Part 6: Enforcement Section 178: Review of processing personal data for the purposes of journalism
This section requires the Commissioner to carry out a review of, and report on, the extent to which the processing of personal data for the purposes of journalism complied with the data protection legislation and good practice.
	Subsection (2) sets the first review period to cover the first 4 years of the operation of the new data protection legislation (May 2018 to May 2022). Subsection (3) requires the review to start within 6 months of this period ending and subsection (4) requires the review to conclude within 18 months of it starting. The Commissioner can therefore be expected to report by May 2024.
	The review will then be repeated on a 5 year cycle. The second review period will cover the period May 2022 to May 2027.
	Subsection (5) requires the review to cover all parts of the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (6) requires the Secretary of State to lay the Commissioner’s report before Parliament, and send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, and the Executive Office in Northern Ireland.
	Subsection (7) gives effect to Schedule 17 which provides the Commissioner with further powers to conduct the review.