[2003.]
Data Protection (Amendment) Act
2003.
[No. 6.]
personal data relating to them that con- S.14
forms with that provided for by section 2,
sections 2A to 2D (inserted by the Act of
2003) and sections 3 and 4 (other than
subsection (8)) and 6 of this Act, approve
of the code and encourage its dissemination to the data controllers concerned,
and
(ii) in any event notify the association or body
concerned of his or her decision to
approve or not to approve the code,
(b) where he or she considers it necessary or desirable to do so and after such consultation with
any trade associations or other bodies
referred to in subsection (1) of this section
having an interest in the matter and data subjects or persons representing data subjects as
he or she considers appropriate, prepare, and
arrange for the dissemination to such persons
as he or she considers appropriate of, codes
of practice for guidance as to good practice in
dealing with personal data, and subsection (3)
of this section shall apply to a code of practice
prepared under this subsection as it applies to
a code,
(c) in such manner and by such means as he or she
considers most effective for the purposes of
this paragraph, promote the following of good
practice by data controllers and, in particular,
so perform his or her functions under this Act
as to promote compliance with this Act by
data controllers,
(d) arrange for the dissemination in such form and
manner as he or she considers appropriate of
such information as appears to him or her to
be expedient to give to the public about the
operation of this Act, about the practices in
processing of personal data (including compliance with the requirements of this Act)
that appear to the Commissioner to be desirable having regard to the interests of data
subjects and other persons likely to be
affected by such processing and about other
matters within the scope of his or her functions under this Act, and may give advice to
any person in relation to any of those
matters.’’,
and
(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection
(4):
‘‘(5) The Commissioner shall be paid by a person in
relation to whom a service is provided under this section
such fee (if any) as may be prescribed and different fees
may be prescribed in relation to different such services
and different classes of persons.
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