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Rh has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor under the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161) may—
 * (a) appear in any civil proceedings involving the Commission in the performance of its functions or duties under any written law; and
 * (b) make and do all acts and applications in respect of the civil proceedings on behalf of the Commission.

Co-operation agreements

10.—(1) For the purposes of sections 9 and 59, a co-operation agreement is an agreement for the purposes of—
 * (a) facilitating co-operation between the Commission and another regulatory authority in the performance of their respective functions in so far as those functions relate to data protection; and
 * (b) avoiding duplication of activities by the Commission and another regulatory authority, being activities involving the enforcement of data protection laws.

(2) A co-operation agreement may include provisions—
 * (a) to enable the Commission and the other regulatory authority to furnish to each other information in their respective possession if the information is required by the other for the purpose of performance by it of any of its functions;
 * (b) to provide such other assistance to each other as will facilitate the performance by the other of any of its functions; and
 * (c) to enable the Commission and the other regulatory authority to forbear to perform any of their respective functions in relation to a matter in circumstances where it is satisfied that the other is performing functions in relation to that matter.

(3) The Commission shall not furnish any information to a foreign data protection body pursuant to a co-operation agreement unless it requires of, and obtains from, that body an undertaking in writing by it that it will comply with terms specified in that requirement, including