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(1)The Registrar General must issue a code of practice about the disclosure of information under section 19AA.
(2)The code of practice must be consistent with the code of practice [F2prepared under section 121 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (data-sharing code) and issued under section 125(4) of that Act] (as altered or replaced from time to time).
(3)A civil registration official must have regard to the code of practice in disclosing information under section 19AA.
(4)The Registrar General may from time to time revise and re-issue the code of practice.
(5)Before issuing or revising the code of practice the Registrar General must consult—
(a)the Minister,
(b)the Information Commissioner, and
(c)such other persons as the Registrar General thinks fit.
(6)The Registrar General may not issue the code of practice unless a draft of the code has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(7)Before reissuing the code the Registrar General must lay a draft of the code as proposed to be reissued before Parliament.
(8)The Registrar General may not reissue the code if, within the 40-day period, either House of Parliament resolves not to approve it.
(9)In subsection (8) “the 40 day period” means—
(a)the period of 40 days beginning with the day on which the draft is laid before Parliament, or
(b)if the draft is not laid before each House on the same day, the period of 40 days beginning with the later of the days on which it is laid before Parliament.
(10)For the purposes of subsection (9) no account is to be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.
(11)In disclosing information under section 19AA, a civil registration official must have regard to the following codes of practice issued by the Information Commissioner under [F3section 128 of the Data Protection Act 2018] , so far as they apply to the information in question—
(a)any code which makes provision about the identification and reduction of the risks to privacy of a proposal to disclose information;
(b)any code which makes provision about the information to be provided to data subjects (within the meaning of that Act) about the use to be made of information collected from them.
(12)The duty in subsection (11) does not affect any other requirement for the civil registration official to have regard to a code of practice in disclosing the information.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 19AA-19AC inserted (31.7.2017 for specified purposes, 1.5.2018 in so far as not already in force except for the purposes of N.I.) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 46(2), 119(4); S.I. 2017/765, reg, 2(o); S.I. 2018/382, reg. 3(k)
F2Words in s. 19AC(2) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 1(2) (with ss. 117, 209, 210, Sch. 20 para. 48); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
F3Words in s. 19AC(11) substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 1(3) (with ss. 117, 209, 210, Sch. 20 para. 48); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)
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