Part 2

Standards
Chapter 10

Supplementary and general

Information

Code of practice: CHAI
140
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.