Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019

Public consultation

55. (1) Each of the proposed parties to a proposed agreement shall publish on a website accessible to the public—

(a) a copy of the proposed agreement,

(b) where a data protection impact assessment has been carried out in relation to the processing proposed to be undertaken under the proposed agreement, a summary of the matters referred to in Article 35(7) of the General Data Protection Regulation,

(c) where no data protection impact assessment has been carried out in relation to the processing proposed to be undertaken under the proposed agreement, a summary of the reasons why no data protection impact assessment has been carried out,

(d) a statement from the data protection officer of each of the proposed parties to the effect that the data protection officer concerned—

(i) has reviewed the proposed agreement, and

(ii) is satisfied that compliance by the proposed parties with the terms of the proposed agreement would not result in a contravention of data protection law,

(iii) is satisfied that the agreement is consistent with Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation,

and

(e) a notice—

(i) stating that the proposed party is intending to enter into the proposed agreement,

(ii) stating where, on a website accessible to the public, the documents referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) can be accessed,

(iii) inviting the making, during the period specified by the Board for this purpose, of submissions in relation to the proposed agreement to the designated lead agency, and

(iv) stating the date of publication of the notice.

(2) The proposed parties to a proposed agreement shall publish the information referred to in subsection (1) on the same date.

(3) The designated lead agency concerned shall notify the Board of the publication of the information referred to in subsection (1).

(4) The proposed parties to a proposed agreement shall consider the submissions, if any, made in response to the invitation referred to in subsection (1)(e)(iii) and may, where those proposed parties consider it appropriate, amend the proposed agreement concerned to take into account any such submissions.