Schedules Schedule 14: The Information Commission
Paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 inserts a new Schedule 12A into the DPA 2018 which describes the nature, form and governance structure of the new body corporate (the Information Commission).
	Paragraph 2 contains transitional provisions. It makes provision that the person who holds the office of Information Commissioner immediately before the day on which the Schedule comes into force is to be treated as having been appointed as the chair of the Information Commission for a term that expires at the time the person would cease to hold the office of Information Commissioner but for its abolition.
	Paragraph 3 contains transitional provisions relating to the requirement under paragraph 3(4) of new Schedule 12A to the DPA 2018 for the Secretary of State to consult the chair of the Information Commission prior to appointing non-executive members of the Commission. The transitional provisions allow the requirements under paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 12A to be satisfied by consultation carried out, before this Schedule comes into force, with the person who holds the office of Information Commissioner.
	Paragraph 4 contains transitional provisions relating to the consultation requirements under paragraph 25 of new Schedule 12A to the DPA 2018 for the chair of the Information Commission to consult the Secretary of State before appointing the first chief executive of the Information Commission. The transitional provisions allow the requirements under paragraph 25 of Schedule 12A to be satisfied by consultation carried out, before Schedule 14 comes into force, by the person who holds the office of Information Commissioner.