Schedule 12: The Information Commissioner
This Schedule makes provision about the Commissioner. It substantively replicates Schedule 5 to the 1998 Act.
	Paragraph 1 provides that the Commissioner will continue to be a corporation sole.
	Paragraph 2 makes provision about the process for appointing the Commissioner and about the maximum length of an appointment. The Commissioner must be appointed on the basis of merit following an open and fair competition.
	Paragraph 3 makes provision about how the Commissioner may resign or be removed from office.
	Paragraph 4 makes provision about the Commissioner’s pay and pension.
	Paragraph 5 requires the Commissioner to appoint one or more deputy commissioners and empowers her to appoint other staff, having regard to the principles of open and fair competition.
	Paragraph 6 makes provision for the carrying out of the Commissioner’s functions by officers and staff.
	Paragraph 7 makes provision about the authentication of the Commissioner’s seal.
	Paragraph 8 makes provision for the presumption of authenticity of documents issued by the Commissioner.
	Paragraph 9 is self-explanatory.
	Paragraph 10 requires fees, charges and penalties received by the Commissioner in the course of carrying out the Commissioner’s functions to be paid to the Secretary of State, unless the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, directs otherwise. The Secretary of State must pay any sums received under this paragraph to the Consolidated Fund.
	Paragraph 11 requires the Commissioner to keep proper records of accounts and prepare a statement for each financial year for scrutiny by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
	Paragraph 12 disapplies certain provisions in this Schedule in relation to Scotland.