Requests by Commissioner in relation to certain data controllers
6.—(1) This article applies in any case where a data controller is processing data in another EEA State in circumstances described in section 5(1) of the Act.
(2) The Commissioner may request the supervisory authority of the EEA State referred to in paragraph (1) to exercise the functions conferred on it by that EEA State pursuant to Article 28(3) of the Data Protection Directive in relation to the processing in question.
(3) Any request made under paragraph (2) must specify—
(a)the name and address in the EEA State, in so far as they are known by the Commissioner, of the data controller; and
(b)such details of the circumstances of the case as the Commissioner thinks fit to enable the supervisory authority to exercise those functions.