Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance
Schedule 2
S2-8
Section 5
Cap. 486
to the Chief Secretary for Administration who shall cause
the same to be tabled in the Legislative Council. (Amended
L.N. 362 of 1997)
5.
(5) This section shall not be subject to section 10(1) of this
Ordinance.
Director of Audit’s examination
(1) The Director of Audit may, in respect of any financial year,
conduct an examination into the economy, efficiency and
effectiveness with which the Commissioner has expended
his resources in performing his functions and exercising his
powers.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Director of Audit shall have a
right of access at all reasonable times to all such documents
as he may reasonably require for conducting an examination
under this section and shall be entitled to require from any
person holding or being accountable for any such document
such information and explanation as he considers reasonably
necessary for that purpose.
(3) Subsection (2) applies only to documents in the custody and
control of the Commissioner.
(4) The Director of Audit may report to the President of the
Legislative Council the results of an examination conducted
by him under this section.
(5) Subsection (1) shall not operate to entitle the Director of
Audit to question the merits of the policy objectives of the
Commissioner.
6.
Exemption from taxation
(1) The Commissioner shall be exempt from taxation under the
Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112).
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