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(1) This Act binds the Republic.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, each government department shall be treated as a data controller.

(3) Each department shall designate an officer to act as a data supervisor.

(4) Where the purposes and the manner in which the processing of personal data are determined by a person acting on behalf of the Executive, Parliament and the Judiciary, the data controller in respect of that data for the purposes of this Act is

(a) in relation to the Executive, the Chief Director,

(b) in relation to Parliament, the Clerk to Parliament, and

(c) in relation to the Judiciary, the Judicial Secretary.

(5) A different person may be appointed under subsection (4) for a different purpose.