47Information Commissioner to consider information usage arrangement

47 Information Commissioner to consider information usage arrangement S. 47(1) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2). (1) A lead party may apply for approval of an information usage arrangement by submitting to the Information Commissioner an information usage arrangement. S. 47(2) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2). (2) The Information Commissioner may— S. 47(2)(a) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2). (a) direct each organisation that is a party to the information usage arrangement to consult with any person that the Information Commissioner considers appropriate; and S. 47(2)(b) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2). (b) consult any person that the Information Commissioner considers appropriate. S. 47(3) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2). (3) If the arrangement would modify the application of, or provide for noncompliance with, a specified Information Privacy Principle or an approved code of practice, the Information Commissioner must consider whether the public interest in handling personal information under the information usage arrangement in the way specified under section 45(2)(d) would substantially outweigh the public interest in complying with the specified Information Privacy Principle or approved code of practice. S. 47(4) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(2). (4) If the arrangement is for the purposes of an information handling provision, the Information Commissioner must consider whether the public interest in treating the handling of personal information as being permitted for the purpose of the information handling provision would substantially outweigh the public interest in treating that handling of information as not being permitted for the purpose of the information handling provision. S. 48 (Heading) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(4).