Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)
Data Protection Act (Cap. 586), article 33
33. The Minister may, after consultation with the
Commissioner, prescribe regulatio ns for the better carrying out of the
provisions of this Act and the Regulation, and without prejudic e to
the generality of the foregoing and the provisions of the Regul ation,
may in particular prescribe regulations concerning:
(a) any fees that may be levied by the
Commissioner;
(b) the criminal penalties that may be imposed under
this Act;
(c) for establishing rules, procedures, formalities
and time limits in respect of any matter provided for under thi s
Act;
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(d) the extension of the application of this Act to
any particular activity or sector and to provide for the manner
in which data protection is to be implemented in specific
sectors or in respect of specific activities;
(e) for anything that may b e prescribed under any of
the provisions of this A ct or the Regulation;
(f) the cases, other than thos e referred to in Article
37(1) of the Regulation, where t he controller or processor or
associations and other bodies representing categories of
controllers or processors sha ll designate a data protection
officer;
(g) the establishment of a lower age than sixteen
years where the processing of the personal data of a child shal l
be deemed to be lawful in the ab sence of consent by the holder
of parental responsibility over the child, provided that such
lower age is not below thirteen years pursuant the provisions
of Article 8(1) of the Regulation;
(h) to amend the Schedules to this Act; and
(i) on any other matter re lating to data protection.
Repeal and
Savings.
Cap. 440.
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