Section 82D: Records of designation notices

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

Part 4: Intelligence services processing — CHAPTER 1: Scope and definitions

Where the Secretary of State gives a designation notice—

the Secretary of State must send a copy of the notice to the Commissioner, and
the Commissioner must publish a record of the notice.

The record must contain—

the Secretary of State's name,
the date on which the notice was given,
the date on which the notice ceases to have effect (if not previously withdrawn), and
subject to subsection (3), the rest of the text of the notice.

The Commissioner must not publish the text, or a part of the text, of the notice if—

the Secretary of State has determined that publishing the text or that part of the text—
would be against the interests of national security,
would be contrary to the public interest, or
might jeopardise the safety of any person, and
the Secretary of State has notified the Commissioner of that determination.

The Commissioner must keep the record of the notice available to the public while the notice is in force.

Where the Secretary of State gives a withdrawal notice, the Secretary of State must send a copy of the notice to the Commissioner.

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