50Ministerial approval of information usage arrangement

50 Ministerial approval of information usage arrangement S. 50(1) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(7)(a). (1) The Information Commissioner must send a report issued under section 48 and a copy of any certificate issued under section 49 in relation to an information usage arrangement to— (a) the responsible Minister for each organisation that is a party to the arrangement; and (b) if the arrangement authorises the handling of personal information for the purposes of an information handling provision, the responsible Minister for that provision. S. 50(2) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(7)(a). (2) After receiving the report and a certificate from the Information Commissioner, the information usage arrangement may be approved— (a) in the case of a single party, by the responsible Minister for the lead party; or (b) otherwise, by agreement of the responsible Ministers for each organisation that is a party to the arrangement. S. 50(3) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(7)(a). (3) An information usage arrangement cannot be approved under this section unless the Information Commissioner has issued a certificate in relation to the arrangement. S. 50(4) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(7)(a). (4) Subject to subsection (5), the Information Commissioner must cause an approved information usage arrangement to be published on the Internet site of the Information Commissioner. S. 50(5) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 106(7)(a). (5) The Information Commissioner is not required to publish any part of an approved information usage arrangement that would disclose— (a) personal information; or S. 50(5)(b) amended by No. 20/2017 s. 81. (b) information that, if contained in a document, would make that document an exempt document under section 29(b), 29A, 31, 31A or 34 of the **Freedom of Information Act 1982**.