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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Transitional provision etc

PART 9Other enactments

Codes etc required to be consistent with the Commissioner’s data-sharing code

48(1)This paragraph applies in relation to the code of practice issued under each of the following provisions—

(a)section 19AC of the Registration Service Act 1953 (code of practice about disclosure of information by civil registration officials);

(b)section 43 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (code of practice about disclosure of information to improve public service delivery);

(c)section 52 of that Act (code of practice about disclosure of information to reduce debt owed to the public sector);

(d)section 60 of that Act (code of practice about disclosure of information to combat fraud against the public sector);

(e)section 70 of that Act (code of practice about disclosure of information for research purposes).

(2)During the relevant period, the code of practice does not have effect to the extent that it is inconsistent with the code of practice prepared under section 121 of this Act (data-sharing code) and issued under section 125(4) of this Act (as altered or replaced from time to time).

(3)In this paragraph, “the relevant period”, in relation to a code issued under a section mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), means the period—

(a)beginning when the amendments of that section in Schedule 19 to this Act come into force, and

(b)ending when the code is first reissued under that section.