PART VIII - INSPECTION, COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATION
Section 101. Inspection of personal data system
(1) The Commissioner may carry out an inspection of—
(a) any personal data system used by data users for the purpose of ascertaining information to assist the Commissioner in making recommendations to the relevant data user relating to the promotion of compliance with the provisions of this Act, in particular the Personal Data Protection Principles, by the relevant data user; or
(b) any personal data system used by data users belonging to a class of data users for the purpose of ascertaining information to assist the Commissioner in making recommendations to the class of data users to which the relevant data user belongs relating to the promotion of compliance with the provisions of this Act, in particular the Personal Data Protection Principles, by the class of data users to which the relevant data user belongs.
(2) For the purposes of this section—
“data user” includes a data processor;
“personal data system” means any system, whether automated or otherwise, which is used, whether in whole or in part, by a data user for the processing of personal data, and includes the record maintained under section 44 and any document and equipment forming part of the system.