Part 2Standards
Chapter 10Supplementary and general
Information
140Code of practice: CHAI
(1)
The CHAI must prepare and publish a code in respect of the practice it proposes to follow in relation to confidential personal information.
(2)
The code must in particular make provision about the CHAI’s obtaining, handling, use and disclosure of confidential personal information.
(3)
Before publishing the code, the CHAI must consult such persons as it considers appropriate.
(4)
The CHAI must keep the code under review and, if it considers it appropriate, from time to time publish a revised code (and references in this section to the code include any revised code).
(5)
For the purposes of this section “confidential personal information” means information which—
(a)
is obtained by the CHAI on terms or in circumstances requiring it to be held in confidence; and
(b)
relates to and identifies an individual.