Clause 3

in subsection (3)(e), replace “and sharing of information” with “, and sharing and use of information”;

in subsection (3)(e), after “another Singapore public sector agency”, insert “or a non‑public sector person”; and

after subsection (4), insert —“(5) A direction under subsection (1) relating to the sharing and use of information under the control of a Singapore public sector agency (called in this Act a data sharing and use direction) may authorise the Singapore public sector agency to whom the direction is given (A) to do all or any of the following:

share information under the control of A with any other Singapore public sector agency;

share information under the control of A with any person that is not a Singapore public sector agency (called in this Act a non‑public sector person), but only with the further authorisation of any Minister to do so (called in this Act a further authorisation);

use information under the control of A;

re‑identify anonymised information under the control of A.(6) A data sharing and use direction given to a Singapore public sector agency (A) must specify —

the purposes for which A may share or use information, or re‑identify anonymised information, under the direction;

in the case of a direction authorising the acts mentioned in subsection (5)(a), (b) or (c) — the information under the control of A that A may share or use under the direction;

in the case of a direction authorising the acts mentioned in subsection (5)(a) or (b) — the other Singapore public sector agencies, or non‑public sector persons, with whom A may share information under the direction; and

in the case of a direction authorising the act mentioned in subsection (5)(d) — the anonymised information under the control of A that A may re‑identify under the direction.(7) A data sharing and use direction authorising the act mentioned in subsection (5)(b) may (but need not) —

specify the Minister or Ministers who may give a further authorisation pursuant to the direction; or

provide that any Minister may delegate, under section 36(2) or (3) of the Interpretation Act 1965, the function of giving a further authorisation pursuant to the direction.(8) A further authorisation pursuant to a data sharing and use direction given to a Singapore public sector agency (A) authorising the act mentioned in subsection (5)(b) must specify —

the specific purpose or purposes (among the purposes specified under subsection (6)(a) in the direction) for which A may share information with a non‑public sector person;

the specific information (of the information specified under subsection (6)(b) in the direction) that A may share with a non‑public sector person; and

the specific non‑public sector person or persons (among the non‑public sector persons specified under subsection (6)(c) in the direction) with whom A may share information.”.