Schedule 14: Co-operation and mutual assistance
This Schedule sets out how the Commissioner will co-operate with LED supervisory authorities and foreign designated authorities to ensure consistent application and enforcement of the LED and compliance with Convention 108.
	An "LED supervisory authority" is a supervisory authority in an EEA state other than the UK responsible for Article 41 of the LED.
	A "foreign designated authority" is an authority, in a state other than the UK and which is bound by Convention 108, responsible for Convention 108.
	Part 1 of the Schedule sets out the functions of the Commissioner with respect to Article 50 of the LED which states that LED supervisory authorities must provide each other with relevant information and mutual assistance in order to implement and apply the Directive consistently.
	Paragraph 1(1) states the Commissioner may provide information or assistance to the European Commission and an LED supervisory authority that is necessary for the performance of their functions relating to the protection of individuals with respect to the processing of personal data.
	Paragraph 1(2) states the Commissioner may ask an LED supervisory authority to provide information or assistance that is required for the performance of the Commissioner’s data protection relating to the protection of individuals with respect to the processing of personal data.
	Paragraph 2 sets out how the Commissioner should respond to a request from an LED supervisory authority for information or assistance.
	Paragraph 3 sets out that any information or assistance must be provided free of charge, but the Commissioner may in exceptional circumstances have an agreement with an LED supervisory authority to indemnify themselves for specific expenditure arising from providing information or assistance. Section 134 (fees) sets out the power for the Commissioner to charge a fee for other services.
	Paragraph 4 states that information received by the Commissioner from an LED supervisory authority must only be used for the purposes specified in the original request.
	Part 2 of the Schedule sets out the functions of the Commissioner with respect to Article 13 of Convention 108 and cooperating with foreign designated authorities. This replaces the provision of the Data Protection (Functions of Designated Authority) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/186).
	Paragraph 6 states the Commissioner must take appropriate measures to provide information, relating to law and administrative practice in the field of data protection and the processing of personal data in the UK, when requested by foreign designated authorities. The Commissioner can request the same information from foreign designated authorities.
	Paragraphs 7 and 8 concern how the Commissioner deals with requests for assistance to enable a persons resident either in or outside the UK to exercise their rights under Convention 108.
	Paragraph 9 states that information received by the Commissioner from a foreign designated authority as a result of request for information may only be used for the purposes specified in the request.