Section 162: Rights of appeal

Data Protection Act 2018 · 2018 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 6: Enforcement

A person who is given any of the following notices may appeal to the Tribunal—

an information notice;
an assessment notice;
an interview notice;
an enforcement notice;
a penalty notice;
a penalty variation notice.

A person who is given an enforcement notice may appeal to the Tribunal against the refusal of an application under section 153 for the cancellation or variation of the notice.

A person who is given a penalty notice or a penalty variation notice may appeal to the Tribunal against the amount of the penalty specified in the notice, whether or not the person appeals against the notice.

Where a determination is made under section 174 in respect of the processing of personal data, the controller or processor may appeal to the Tribunal against the determination.

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