Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019
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Accession to data-sharing agreement | ||
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18. (1) A public body that was not a signatory to a data-sharing agreement on its date of execution may accede to the agreement by executing an accession agreement to the data-sharing agreement. | ||
(2) An accession agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall be executed, on behalf of the public bodies who were parties to the data-sharing agreement concerned immediately prior to the execution of the accession agreement, by the lead agency specified in that data-sharing agreement in accordance with section 21 (1). | ||
(3) A lead agency specified in a data-sharing agreement in accordance with section 21 (1) shall notify the Board prior to executing an accession agreement to that data-sharing agreement. |