Section 26F Data matching code of practiceF1

(1)

Audit Scotland must prepare, and keep under review, a code of practice with respect to data matching exercises.

(2)

Regard must be had to the code in carrying out and participating in any such exercise.

(3)

Audit Scotland must consult the following persons before preparing or altering the code of practice—

(a)

the F2Information Commission,

(b)

the persons mentioned in section 26C(2), and

(c)

any other person Audit Scotland thinks fit.

(4)

Audit Scotland must, from time to time, publish the code.

Annotations

F1: Pt. 2A (ss. 26A-26G) inserted (6.10.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 97(3), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/339, art. 2
F2: Words in s. 26F(3)(a) substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 29; S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)