Personal Data Protection Act, No. 9 of 2022 47 55. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or the rules, regulations, or Orders made under this Act, the Minister may by Order published in the Gazette, make such provision not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, or any other written law, as appears to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: Removal of difficulties Provided that, no such Order shall be made after the expiry of a period of five years from the date of coming into operation of this Act. (2) Every Order made under this section shall, within three months after it is made, be laid before Parliament. PART X INTERPRETATION 56. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires– “anonymise” in relation to personal data means permanent removal of any personal identifiers from personal data to render any such personal data from being related to a identified or identifiable natural person; “automated processing” means, processing that does not involve any manual processing; “biometric data” means, personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioral characteristics of a natural person, which allow or confirm the unique identification of that natural person, including facial images, dactyloscopic data or iris related data; Interpretation