Personal Data Protection Order, 2025 · s 54

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54.
Cooperation agreements
(1) For the purposes of section 60, a cooperation agreement is an agreement for the purposes of -
fa} facilitating cooperation between the Authority and another regulatory authority in the performance of their respective functions in so far as those functions relate to data protection; and fb} avoiding duplication of activities by the Authority and another regulatory authority, being activities involving the enforcement of data protection laws.
(2) A cooperation agreement may include provisions -
fa} to enable the Authority and the other regulatory authority to furnish to each other information in their respective possession if the information is required by the other for the purpose of performance by it of any of its functions;
fb} to provide such other assistance to each other as will facilitate the performance by the other of any of its functions; and fc} to enable the Authority and the other regulatory authority to forbear to perform any of their respective functions in relation to a matter in circumstances where it is satisfied that the other is performing functions in relation to that matter.
(3) The Authority shall not furnish any information to a foreign data protection body pursuant to a cooperation agreement unless it requires of, and obtains from, that body an undertaking in writing by it that it will comply with terms specified in that requirement, including terms that correspond to the provisions of any written law concerning the disclosure of that information by the
Authority.
(4) The Authority may give an undertaking to a foreign data protection body that it will comply with terms specified in a requirement made of the Authority by the foreign data protection body to give such an undertaking where-fa} those terms correspond to the provisions of any written law in force in the country or territory in which the foreign data protection body is established, being provisions which concern the disclosure by the foreign data protection body of the information referred to in paragraph fb}; and 58
(b) compliance with the requirement is a condition imposed by the foreign data protection body for furnishing information in its possession to the Authority pursuant to a cooperation agreement.
(5) In this section -
"foreign data protection body" means a body in whom there are vested functions under the law of another country or territory with respect to the enforcement or the administration of provisions of law of that country or territory concerning data protection;
"regulatory authority" includes the Authority and any foreign data protection body.

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s 54Cooperation agreements

(1)

For the purposes of section 60, a cooperation agreement is an agreement for the purposes of -

fa} facilitating cooperation between the Authority and another regulatory authority in the performance of their respective functions in so far as those functions relate to data protection; and fb} avoiding duplication of activities by the Authority and another regulatory authority, being activities involving the enforcement of data protection laws.

(2)

A cooperation agreement may include provisions -

fa} to enable the Authority and the other regulatory authority to furnish to each other information in their respective possession if the information is required by the other for the purpose of performance by it of any of its functions;

fb} to provide such other assistance to each other as will facilitate the performance by the other of any of its functions; and fc} to enable the Authority and the other regulatory authority to forbear to perform any of their respective functions in relation to a matter in circumstances where it is satisfied that the other is performing functions in relation to that matter.

(3)

The Authority shall not furnish any information to a foreign data protection body pursuant to a cooperation agreement unless it requires of, and obtains from, that body an undertaking in writing by it that it will comply with terms specified in that requirement, including terms that correspond to the provisions of any written law concerning the disclosure of that information by the

Authority.

(4)

The Authority may give an undertaking to a foreign data protection body that it will comply with terms specified in a requirement made of the Authority by the foreign data protection body to give such an undertaking where-fa} those terms correspond to the provisions of any written law in force in the country or territory in which the foreign data protection body is established, being provisions which concern the disclosure by the foreign data protection body of the information referred to in paragraph fb}; and 58

(b)

compliance with the requirement is a condition imposed by the foreign data protection body for furnishing information in its possession to the Authority pursuant to a cooperation agreement.

(5)

In this section -

"foreign data protection body" means a body in whom there are vested functions under the law of another country or territory with respect to the enforcement or the administration of provisions of law of that country or territory concerning data protection;

"regulatory authority" includes the Authority and any foreign data protection body.