Personal Data Protection 27 (3) The Commissioner may register the code of practice prepared pursuant to subsection (1), if the Commissioner is satisfied that— (a) the code of practice is consistent with the provisions of this Act; and (b) the matters as set out in subsection (2) have been given due consideration. (4) The code of practice under subsection (1) shall take effect on the date of registration of the code of practice by the Commissioner in the Register of Codes of Practice. (5) If the Commissioner refuses to register the code of practice, the Commissioner shall notify the relevant data user forum of his decision in writing and provide the reasons for it. (6) If the Commissioner neither registers nor refuses to register a code of practice within thirty days from the date of receipt of the code of practice by him for registration, he shall be deemed to have refused the registration of the code of practice. (7) The Commissioner may register different codes of practice for different classes of data users. (8) The Commissioner and data user shall make available to the public any code of practice registered under subsection (3). Commissioner may issue code of practice 24. (1) The Commissioner may issue a code of practice, if— (a) a code of practice is not prepared under paragraph 23(1)(a); (b) the Commissioner is satisfied that a code of practice for a specific class of data users is unlikely to be prepared by the relevant data user forum within the period as specified by the Commissioner; or (c) there is no data user forum to develop the relevant code of practice for the class of data users.