Part 5: The Information Commissioner Section 128: Other codes of practice
This section provides the Secretary of State with the power to direct the Commissioner to produce other codes of practice for guidance as to good practice in the processing of personal data. The direction must describe the personal data or processing to which the code relates and may also describe the persons to which it relates. A definition of "good practice in the processing of personal data" is provided at subsection (4). Before preparing the code the Commissioner must consult any of those the Commissioner considers appropriate from the list at subsection (2).