Part 5: The Information Commissioner Section 121: Data-sharing code
This section places an obligation on the Commissioner to publish and keep under review a data sharing code of practice. It replaces a similar requirement in section 52A of the 1998 Act.
	Subsections (1) and (2) require the code to contain guidance on data sharing and good practice. Good practice is defined as practice that appears to the Commissioner to be desirable including, but not limited to, compliance with the requirements of data protection legislation. The Commissioner can also make amendments to the code or prepare a replacement code should this be necessary.
	Subsection (3) requires that in preparing the code the Commissioner must consult, as the Commissioner considers appropriate, with trade associations, data subjects and persons who represent the interests of data subjects.