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s53 : "53.
Standards committees.
— (1) Subject to subsection (2), every relevant authority must establish a committee (referred to in this Part as a standards committee) which is to have the functions conferred on it by or under this Part."

Although "independent" it is a committee of the Council and has no separate legal existence. The Council is in my view the data controller. Constitutionally and legally it is no different from any other council committee.

The 'independence' is provided by the regulations which provide an in-built majority for external members.



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From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues on behalf of Lawrence Serewicz
Sent: Tue 07/12/2010 20:40
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Subject: [data-protection] Is an independent standards committee a data controller?

Dear all,
I have just had the following question and I do not know how to answer.  The applicant wants to know if the independent standards committees, as established by the local government act 2000 are a separate data controller.

If that is the case, then who handles a subject access request for information they have created?

They argue that because they are independent of the council that they are separate data controllers. I am not aware of their need to register nor have I seen any guidance on them.

Has anyone else had this question?  Apologies if this is an obvious question, but I do not know how to approach a response.

Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.

Best

Lawrence

Lawrence W. Serewicz
Principal Information Management Officer
Room 4/140
Durham County Council
DH1 5UF
0191-372-8371


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