14. Amendment of section 56 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 56 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the repeal of the deﬁ nition of the expression

“Data Protection Ofﬁ cer” and the substitution therefor of the following deﬁ nition:-

““Data Protection Ofﬁ cer” means, the person designated or appointed under section

“Guidelines

20 and includes a third party who is not directly employed by a controller or processor, but fulﬁ ls the responsibilities under section 20(5);”;

(2)

by the repeal of the deﬁ nition of the expression

“public authority” and the substitution therefor of the following deﬁ nition:-

““public authority” means, a Ministry, any

Department, Provincial Council, local authority, or a Ministry or Department of a

Provincial Council but does not include-

(a)

a public corporation; or

(b)

a company incorporated under the

Companies Act, No. 07 of 2007;”;

and

(3)

by the repeal of the deﬁ nition of the expression

“third country” and the substitution therefor of the following deﬁ nition:-

““third country” means, any other territory or country other than Sri Lanka;”.