(vii) for grant of financial or social assistance, or the delivery of appropriate health services, under any scheme administered by a public agency;
“national interest” includes national defence, national security, public security, the maintenance of essential services and the conduct of international affairs;
public agency” includes —
publicly available”, in relation to personal data about an individual, means personal data that is generally available to the public, and includes personal data which can be observed by reasonably expected means at a location or an event —
(b) that is open to the public;
(2) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify any statutory body established under a public Act for a public function to be a public agency for the purposes of this Act.
(c) any public agency or an organisation in the course of acting on behalf of a public agency in relation to the collection, use or disclosure of the personal data; or
(1) The Commission may appoint, by name or office, from among public officers and the employees of the Authority —
(1) An individual appointed under section 8(1) or an employee of the Authority, who is authorised in writing by the Chief Executive of the Authority for the purpose of this section, may conduct, with the authorisation of the Public Prosecutor, proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act.
(5) An organisation shall make available to the public the business contact information of at least one of the individuals designated under subsection (3) or delegated under subsection (4).
(a) are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code (Cap. 224); and
(b) are, in relation to their administration, assessment, collection or enforcement of payment of composition sums under this Act, deemed to be public officers for the purposes of the Financial Procedure Act (Cap. 109); and section 20 of that Act applies to these individuals even though they are not or were not in the employment of the Government.
(2) All members of the Appeal Panel, and all members of an advisory committee, are deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code.
(b) if the Commission considers there is evidence of an offence, disclose information relating to the commission of an offence to the Public Prosecutor, any police officer and other law enforcement authorities;
(f) to a public body in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the Minister.
(c) that the disclosure of the information is not likely to be contrary to the public interest.
(2) An order under this section shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.
(c) the personal data is publicly available;
(q) the personal data was disclosed by a public agency, and the collection is consistent with the purpose of the disclosure by the public agency; or
(a) the gathering of news, or the preparation or compilation of articles or programmes of or concerning news, observations on news, or current affairs, for the purposes of dissemination to the public or any section of the public; or
(b) the dissemination, to the public or any section of the public, of any article or programme of or concerning —
(i) the business of which consists, in whole or in part, of news activity carried out in relation to a relevant broadcasting service, a newswire service or the publication of a newspaper; and
(c) the personal data is publicly available;
(d) linkage of the personal data to other information is not harmful to the individuals identified by the personal data and the benefits to be derived from the linkage are clearly in the public interest.
(d) the personal data is publicly available;
(g) the disclosure is to a public agency and such disclosure is necessary in the public interest;
(l) the personal data about the current or former students of the organisation, being an education institution, is disclosed to a public agency for the purposes of policy formulation or review;
(m) the personal data about the current or former patients of a healthcare institution licensed under the Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics Act (Cap. 248) or any other prescribed healthcare body is disclosed to a public agency for the purposes of policy formulation or review;
(d) linkage of the personal data to other information is not harmful to the individuals identified by the personal data and the benefits to be derived from the linkage are clearly in the public interest; and
(a) any message sent by a public agency under, or to promote, any programme carried out by any public agency which is not for a commercial purpose;