Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Part 3 3-4 Section 12 Cap. 486 revision under this subsection as they apply in relation to the approval of a code of practice under subsection (1). (4) The Commissioner may at any time withdraw his approval from any code of practice approved under this section. (5) Where under subsection (4) the Commissioner withdraws his approval from a code of practice approved under this section, he shall, by notice in the Gazette, identify the code concerned and specify the date on which his approval of it is to cease to have effect. (6) References in this Ordinance to an approved code of practice are references to that code as it has effect for the time being by virtue of any revision of the whole or any part of it approved under this section. (7) The power of the Commissioner under subsection (1)(b) to approve a code of practice issued or proposed to be issued otherwise than by him shall include power to approve a part of such a code and, accordingly, in this Ordinance code of practice (實務守則) may be read as including a part of such a code. (8) The Commissioner shall, not later than 6 months after the day on which this section comes into operation (or within such further period, not exceeding 6 months, as the Secretary for Home Affairs may allow), approve a code of practice under subsection (1) in respect of all or any requirements referred to in that subsection in so far as such requirements relate to personal data which is a personal identifier. (Amended 18 of 2012 s. 2; 17 of 2018 s. 127) (9) The Commissioner shall, before approving a code of practice under subsection (1) or any revision or proposed revision of the code under subsection (3), consult with— Verified Copy Last updated date 20.4.2018