3(1)This paragraph applies to—
(a)eligible manual data forming part of an accessible record, and
(b)personal data which fall within paragraph (d) of the definition of “data” in section 1(1) but which, because they are not subject to processing which was already under way immediately before 24th October 1998, are not eligible data for the purposes of this Schedule.
(2)During the first transitional period, data to which this paragraph applies are exempt from—
(a)the data protection principles, except the sixth principle so far as relating to sections 7 and 12A,
(b)Part II of this Act, except—
(i)section 7 (as it has effect subject to section 8) and section 12A, and
(ii)section 15 so far as relating to those sections, and
(c)Part III of this Act.