Section 4: Establishment of Office
as enacted (not consolidated). juris shows this Act from a copy that is not the official consolidation, so it may not carry every amendment; the amendments juris holds are listed. It does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4. Establishment of Office
(1) There shall, for the purposes of this Act, be a public office to
be known as the Data Protection Office.
(2) In the discharge of its functions under this Act, the Office
shall act with complete independence and impartiality and shall not be
subject to the control or direction of any other person or authority.
(3) The head of the Office, who shall be known as the Data
Protection Commissioner, shall be a barrister of not less than 5 years’
standing.
(4) The Commissioner shall be assisted by such public officers as
may be necessary.
476 Acts 2017 Acts 2017 477
(5) Every public officer referred to in subsection (4) shall be
under the administrative control of the Commissioner.
Sub-Part B – Functions and Powers of Commissioner