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21: Clause 4, page 7, line 19, at end insert— “16LAA Information standards(1) The Secretary of State may prepare an information standard.(2) For the purposes of this section, “an information standard” is a standard in relation to the processing of information for the purposes of safeguarding or promoting the welfare of children.(3) An information standard must specify to whom it applies.(4) An information standard may only apply to one or more persons falling within section 16LA(4).(5) A person to whom an information standard applies must have regard to the standard when processing information for the purposes of safeguarding or promoting the welfare of children.(6) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Secretary of State may adopt all or part of any other information standard prepared or published under any other enactment or for a different purpose from the purpose mentioned in subsection (2).(7) The Secretary of State may revise an information standard from time to time.(8) The Secretary of State must publish the current version of each information standard prepared under this section.(9) Before publishing an information standard under this section, the Secretary of State must consult such persons (if any) as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.(10) In this section, “processing” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(4) and (14) of that Act).”Member’s explanatory statement This amendment would introduce a power for the Secretary of State to prepare an information standard in relation to the processing of information for the purposes of safeguarding or promoting the welfare of children, to which bodies processing such information must have regard.