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Customer and Product Data Bill

Protections - Authorisation

36: Giving authorisation

You could also call this:

“Giving permission to someone to act for you”

The new law proposes that you or someone acting for you can give permission to another person to do something. This permission is called an ‘authorisation’. For it to be valid, you need to clearly state what you’re allowing, including any limits. You also need to be well-informed about what you’re agreeing to. The permission must be given in the way the rules say it should be, and it must still be active. When you give this kind of permission, it’s called ‘authorising’ an action.

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Part 3 Protections
Authorisation

36Giving authorisation

  1. A customer (or a secondary user on their behalf) has given an authorisation to another person (A) if—

  2. the customer (or secondary user) gave the authorisation expressly, including by specifying any limits on the scope of the authorisation; and
    1. at the time of giving the authorisation, the customer (or secondary user) was reasonably informed about the matter to which the authorisation relates; and
      1. the authorisation was otherwise given in the manner (if any) prescribed by the regulations and the standards; and
        1. the authorisation has not ended.
          1. To authorise an action means to give an authorisation for that action.