Schedules
Schedule 20Amendments of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)
Part 3Powers to require information
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1
Section 43 of that Act (information notices) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1) for “, within” to the end substitute “to furnish the Commissioner with specified information relating to the request or to compliance with the principles.”
3
After that subsection insert—
1A
In subsection (1) “specified information” means information—
a
specified, or described, in the information notice, or
b
falling within a category which is specified, or described, in the information notice.
1B
The Commissioner may also specify in the information notice—
a
the form in which the information must be furnished;
b
the period within which, or the time and place at which, the information must be furnished.
4
In subsection (4) for “the time” to “expire” substitute “a period specified in an information notice under subsection (1B)(b) must not end, and a time so specified must not fall,”.