The Ordinance

The Ordinance (Full Text)

CHAPTER 486
PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE

Part III - CODES OF PRACTICE

12. Approval of codes of practice by Commissioner (cont.)

(6)

References in this Ordinance to an approved code of practice are references to that code as it has effect for the time being by virtue of any revision of the whole or any part of it approved under this section.

(7)

The power of the Commissioner under subsection (1)(b) to approve a code of practice issued or proposed to be issued otherwise than by him shall include power to approve a part of such a code and, accordingly, in this Ordinance "code of practice" ([image] ) may be read as including a part of such a code.

(8)

The Commissioner shall, not later than 6 months after the day on which this section comes into operation (or within such further period, not exceeding 6 months, as the Secretary for Home Affairs may allow), approve a code of practice under subsection (1) in respect of all or any requirements referred to in that subsection in so far as such requirements relate to personal data which are personal identifiers.

(9)

The Commissioner shall, before approving a code of practice under subsection (1) or any revision or proposed revision of the code under subsection (3), consult with-

(a)

such bodies representative of data users to which the code or the code as so revised, as the case may be, will apply (whether in whole or in part); and

(b)

such other interested persons,

as he thinks fit.

(10) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that different codes of practice may be approved under subsection (1) (including any code of practice referred to in subsection (8)) for different classes of data users, and may be so approved for the same or different requirements referred to in subsection (1).


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