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- s. 135(A1) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- s. 135(1) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- s. 135(1A)(b) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- s. 135(3) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- s. 135(5) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- s. 160(4)(ab) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- Sch. 3 para. 8(1)(y) added by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 78(3)
- Sch. 7 para. 51A inserted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(12)(a)
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- s. 160(4)(ab) word substituted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)
- Sch. 3 para. 8(1)(y) added by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 78(3)
- Sch. 7 para. 51A inserted by S.I. 2026/386 Sch. 2 para. 23(12)(a)
135Manifestly unfounded or excessive requests by data subjects etcU.K.
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[F1(A1)This section makes provision about cases in which a request made to the Commissioner, to which the Commissioner is required or authorised to respond under the data protection legislation, is manifestly unfounded or excessive.]
(1)F2... The Commissioner may—
(a)charge a reasonable fee for dealing with the request, or
(b)refuse to act on the request.
[F3(1A)In subsection (1)—
(a)the reference in paragraph (a) to charging a reasonable fee is, in a case in which section 134 is relevant, a reference to doing so under that section, and
(b)paragraph (b) is not to be read as implying anything about whether the Commissioner may refuse to act on requests that are neither manifestly unfounded nor excessive.]
(2)An example of a request that may be excessive is one that merely repeats the substance of previous requests.
(3)In any proceedings where there is an issue as to whether a request described in subsection [F4(A1)] is manifestly unfounded or excessive, it is for the Commissioner to show that it is.
F5(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F6(5)Article 57(3) of the UK GDPR (performance of Commissioner’s tasks generally to be free of charge for data subject) has effect subject to this section.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 135(A1) inserted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 94(2)(a), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(p)
F2Words in s. 135(1) omitted (5.2.2026) by virtue of Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 94(2)(b), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(p)
F3S. 135(1A) inserted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 94(2)(c), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(p)
F4Word in s. 135(3) substituted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 94(2)(d), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(p)
F5S. 135(4) omitted (5.2.2026) by virtue of Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 94(2)(e), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(p)
F6S. 135(5) inserted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 94(2)(f), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(p)
Commencement Information
I1S. 135 in force at 25.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(e)
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