The Data Protection (Functions of Designated Authority) Order 2000
Section 54(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998 provides that the Data Protection Commissioner (“the Commissioner”) shall continue to be the designated authority in the United Kingdom for the purposes of Article 13 of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data which was opened for signature on 28th January 1981 (“the Convention”). Section 54(2) provides that the Secretary of State may by order make provision as to the functions to be discharged by the Commissioner in that capacity.