Electronic Government [No. 41 of 2021 525 (3) The participation of other public bodies in joint automated procedures shall only be undertaken where it is appropriate with due regard to a data subject’s legitimate interests and the tasks to be performed by the participating public bodies. (4) A public body shall, before establishing or effecting substantial changes to a joint automated procedure, specify the following in writing: (a) the procedure to be applied and the bodies responsible for defining, amending, developing and complying with organisational and technical specifications for the joint automated procedure; and (b) the participating bodies responsible for ensuring the legality of collecting, processing and using data, respectively. (5) The data controllers under subsection (1) shall appoint one of the participating public bodies whose data protection officer shall coordinate the implementation of this section by the participating public bodies. (6) The data protection officer under subsection (5) shall cause to be prepared guidelines for coordination of joint automated procedure, which shall be available for inspection. (7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Data Protection Act, 2021, Cyber Crime and Cyber Security Act, 2021 and any other relevant written law, a public body may commission another body to collect, process and use personal data for the joint automated procedure. (8) A data subject may assert that data subject’s rights under the Data Protection Act, 2021, against any of the participating bodies, irrespective of which body is responsible for processing the data in the individual case concerned. Act No. 3 of 2021 Act No. 2 of 2021 Act No. 3 of 2021 (9) A public body contacted by a data subject under subsection (8), shall forward the matter to a responsible public body in the case concerned. 18. (1) Where a public body employs publicly accessible networks to make data available, that public body shall use a machine-readable format as a general principle. (2) A format under subsection (1), is machine-readable when the contained data can be read and processed in automated mode by means of corresponding software. Requirements pertaining to provision of data