Commentary on Provisions of the Act Schedule 1: Further provisions about the Data Guardian as introduced in Section 1
Schedule 1 covers a broad range of matters relating to the office of the Data Guardian, its constitution and how members of staff and advisors are to be appointed and remunerated.
	Schedule 1 sets out the Data Guardian’s terms of appointment (paragraphs 1 to 6).
	Paragraph 7 makes provision about the Data Guardian’s remuneration. The Secretary of State may pay the Data Guardian remuneration, expenses and allowances.
	Paragraph 8 allows the Data Guardian to appoint members of staff and advisors.
	Paragraph 9 allows the Data Guardian to pay remuneration, expenses and allowances to members of staff, and expenses and allowances to advisors.
	Paragraph 10 has the effect that service as a member of staff or as an adviser to the Data Guardian does not count as service for the civil service
	Paragraph 11 allows the Data Guardian to authorise a member of his or her staff to do anything required or authorised to be done by the Data Guardian.
	Paragraphs 12 to 14 allows the Data Guardian to second staff and to make payments to people who are seconded.
	Paragraph 15 provides that the Secretary of State must pay to the Data Guardian the amount he considers appropriate for the purpose of enabling the Data Guardian to carry out his or her functions.
	The Schedule also makes provision about the Data Guardian’s financial and reporting framework (paragraphs 16 to 20).
	Under paragraph 16, the Data Guardian will be required to keep accounts and proper financial records.
	Paragraph 17 requires the Data Guardian to produce an annual report of his or her activities at the end of each financial year. "Financial year" is defined in paragraph 20. The annual report must include a statement of accounts for the financial year in the form directed by the Secretary of State; a general description of any guidance published and any advice, assistance or information given in the financial year; and a general description of the Data Guardian’s priorities for the current financial year.
	The Data Guardian must produce the annual report as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of a financial year (paragraph 17), and must send copies of the annual report to the Secretary of State before the end of the following June (paragraph 18).
	Paragraph 19 requires the Secretary of State to lay copies of the annual report before Parliament.
	"Financial year" is defined in paragraph 20 as the period beginning with the day on which the first Data Guardian is appointed, and thereafter a period of 12 months ending on 31st March.