The Ordinance

The Ordinance (Full Text)

CHAPTER 486
PERSONAL DATA (PRIVACY) ORDINANCE

Part VI - MATCHING PROCEDURES AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA, ETC.

31. Matching procedure request

(1)

A data user proposing to carry out, whether in whole or in part, a matching procedure may make a request-

(a)

in the specified form;

(b)

to the Commissioner; and

(c)

seeking the Commissioner's consent under section 32 to the carrying out of that procedure.

(2)

Where 2 or more data users may each make a matching procedure request in respect of the same matching procedure, then any of those data users may make such a request on behalf of all those data users, and the provisions of this Ordinance (including subsection (1) ) shall be construed accordingly.

(3)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), it is hereby declared that a matching procedure request may be made in relation to 2 or more matching procedures, or a series of matching procedures, and the other provisions of this Ordinance (including section 32) shall be construed accordingly.

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