Clause 63
Serious Crime Bill
9:00 am
John Bercow (Buckingham, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government new clause 11 —Code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud.
New clause 12—Role of Information Commissioner—
‘(1) Section 51 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c.29) (general duties of the Commissioner) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (7), at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (7A),”.
(3) After subsection (7), insert—
“(7A) The Information Commissioner may, on his own initiative, assess any data processing conducted under sections 63 to 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2007.”’.