PART 7Supplementary and final provision
Framework for Data Processing by Government
I1I2191Framework for Data Processing by Government
1
The Secretary of State may prepare a document, called the Framework for Data Processing by Government, which contains guidance about the processing of personal data in connection with the exercise of functions of—
a
the Crown, a Minister of the Crown or a United Kingdom government department, and
b
a person with functions of a public nature who is specified or described in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
2
The document may make provision relating to all of those functions or only to particular functions or persons.
3
The document may not make provision relating to, or to the functions of, a part of the Scottish Administration, the Welsh Government, a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department.
4
The Secretary of State may from time to time prepare amendments of the document or a replacement document.
5
Before preparing a document or amendments under this section, the Secretary of State must consult—
a
the Commissioner, and
b
any other person the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.
6
Regulations under subsection (1)(b) are subject to the negative resolution procedure.
7
In this section, “Northern Ireland Minister” includes the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland.