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Section 26

Revocation, etc., of code of practice

of Personal Data Protection Act 2010

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Section 26
(1)

The Commissioner may revoke, amend or revise, whether in whole or in part, any code of practice registered under this Act—

(a)

on his own accord; or

(b)

upon an application by the data user forum or such bodies representing the data users.

(2)

The Commissioner shall, before revoking, amending or revising a code of practice under subsection (1), consult with—

(a)

such data users or bodies representative of data users to which the code of practice shall apply, whether in whole or in part; and

(b)

such other interested persons, as the Commissioner thinks fit.

(3)

Where any code of practice has been revoked, amended or revised under subsection (1), the Commissioner—

(a)

shall enter the particulars of such revocation, amendment or revision in the Register of Codes of Practice; and

(b)

shall notify the relevant data user forum, class of data users, data users and the public of such revocation, amendment or revision in such manner as may be determined by him.

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(4)

The Commissioner shall make available to the public any code of practice as amended or revised by him under this section.