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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B</dc:identifier><dc:title>Data Protection Act 2018</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals; to make provision in connection with the Information Commissioner's functions under certain regulations relating to information; to make provision for a direct marketing code of practice; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-09</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-04-07</dct:valid>
					
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AffectingYear="2025" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18" AffectedYear="2018" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 10 para. 13(3)(a)" Modified="2026-03-23T12:56:05Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-de06a3e31723022e0f891a2a61e20c2b" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" EffectId="key-de06a3e31723022e0f891a2a61e20c2b" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectedProvisions="s. 48(4)(ba)" Row="911" AffectingNumber="18" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" AffectedNumber="12" Type="inserted"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-48-4-ba" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/48/4/ba" FoundRef="section-48">s. 48(4)(ba)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Data (Use and Access) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/10">Sch. 10 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-10-paragraph-13-3-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/10/paragraph/13/3/a">para. 13(3)(a)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-142-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/142/1">s. 142(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82" CommencingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Date="2026-06-19" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="82"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-3-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82/regulation/3/b">reg. 3(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:CommencingSavings><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82/regulation/7">reg. 7</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingSavings></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect RequiresApplied="true" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." AffectingYear="2025" AffectedNumber="12" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 10 para. 16(3)" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingNumber="18" Row="916" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" AffectedYear="2018" EffectId="key-8dee920bec759a34b224c49d3c700696" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-8dee920bec759a34b224c49d3c700696" Modified="2026-03-23T12:56:05Z" Type="inserted" AffectedProvisions="s. 149(5A)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-149-5A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/149/5A" FoundRef="section-149">s. 149(5A)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Data (Use and Access) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/10">Sch. 10 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-10-paragraph-16-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/10/paragraph/16/3">para. 16(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-142-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/142/1">s. 142(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82" CommencingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Date="2026-06-19" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="82"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-3-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82/regulation/3/b">reg. 3(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:CommencingSavings><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82/regulation/7">reg. 7</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingSavings></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingYear="2025" EffectId="key-176437c9bc37e19d99e8d60b0503ea3c" AffectedYear="2018" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" AffectedNumber="12" AffectedProvisions="s. 157(4A)" AffectingNumber="18" Modified="2026-03-23T12:56:05Z" Row="919" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-176437c9bc37e19d99e8d60b0503ea3c" AffectingEffectsExtent="E+W+S+N.I." 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RequiresApplied="true" AffectingNumber="18" AffectingYear="2025" AffectedYear="2018" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Modified="2026-03-23T12:56:05Z" AffectedProvisions="s. 187(2)(za)" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-04df2377ba00bdb4206e605aecf3026d" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 10 para. 21(3)(a)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18" Row="925" EffectId="key-04df2377ba00bdb4206e605aecf3026d" Type="inserted" AffectedNumber="12"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-187-2-za" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/187/2/za" FoundRef="section-187">s. 187(2)(za)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Data (Use and Access) Act 2025</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/10">Sch. 10 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-10-paragraph-21-3-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/10/paragraph/21/3/a">para. 21(3)(a)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-142-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/142/1">s. 142(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/><ukm:InForce CommencingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82" CommencingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Date="2026-06-19" Qualification="wholly in force" CommencingYear="2026" CommencingNumber="82"><ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-3-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82/regulation/3/b">reg. 3(b)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingProvisions><ukm:CommencingSavings><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/82/regulation/7">reg. 7</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencingSavings></ukm:InForce></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/uksi-2026-386-5mfixen6-195" AffectingNumber="386" Created="2026-04-09T10:05:48Z" AffectedProvisions="s. 26(2)(f)(ai)" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" Comments="NB: conditional amendment: if 2025 c 18, s. 103 is fully brought into force before s. 119 is fully brought into force, this amendment has no effect - if so, set to N with Note Editor: please note there are two possible substitutions - for “Commissioner”, and “Commissioner's”, please check for both when applying the amendments" Row="195" RequiresApplied="true" EffectId="key-b8c9701f301613eea48627a77aa1d082" AffectingYear="2026" AffectedYear="2018" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386" AffectedNumber="12" Type="word substituted"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-26-2-f" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/26/2/f">s. 26(2)(f)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="section-26-2-ai" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/26/2/ai" FoundRef="section-26">(ai)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-23-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2/paragraph/23/2">para. 23(2)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-23-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2/paragraph/23/3">(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Savings><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1-4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/regulation/1/4">reg. 1(4)</ukm:Section></ukm:Savings><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/regulation/1/2">reg. 1(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect Created="2026-04-09T10:05:48Z" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" AffectingYear="2026" RequiresApplied="true" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386" AffectingNumber="386" Type="word substituted" Comments="Editor: please note there are two possible substitutions - for “Commissioner”, and “Commissioner's”, please check for both when applying the amendments" Row="356" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" AffectedNumber="12" AffectedYear="2018" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" EffectId="key-2046de38b9a3ef83f521628fea9696e1" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3)" AffectedProvisions="s. 160(4)(ab)" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/uksi-2026-386-5mfixen6-356"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="section-160-4-ab" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/160/4/ab" FoundRef="section-160">s. 160(4)(ab)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-23-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2/paragraph/23/2">para. 23(2)</ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-23-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2/paragraph/23/3">(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/regulation/1/2">reg. 1(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect Type="inserted" EffectId="key-2c7838d614d68db003405dbfb8b1d84f" AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" AffectingEffectsExtent="S+A+M+E+A+S+A+F+F+E+C+T+E+D" AffectedYear="2018" AffectedNumber="12" AffectingYear="2026" RequiresApplied="true" Created="2026-04-09T10:05:48Z" AffectingProvisions="Sch. 2 para. 23(12)(a)" Row="467" AffectingNumber="386" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/uksi-2026-386-5mfixen6-467" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386" Comments="comes into force when 2025 c. 18, s. 119 is fully brought into force" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 7 para. 51A" AffectingClass="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-7" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/7">Sch. 7 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-7-paragraph-51A" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/7/paragraph/51A" FoundRef="schedule-7">para. 51A</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2">Sch. 2 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-2-paragraph-23-12-a" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/schedule/2/paragraph/23/12/a">para. 23(12)(a)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="regulation-1-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2026/386/regulation/1/2">reg. 1(2)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect><ukm:UnappliedEffect AffectingProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 78(3)" AffectingURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18" Row="1100" AffectingNumber="18" RequiresApplied="true" AffectingEffectsExtent="N.I." AffectedURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12" Type="added" AffectedNumber="12" AffectedYear="2018" EffectId="key-45b383b20d73517d1742bc35c1da4b61" AffectedClass="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" AffectingYear="2022" AffectingClass="NorthernIrelandAct" Modified="2026-02-06T16:20:16Z" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/effect/key-45b383b20d73517d1742bc35c1da4b61" AffectedProvisions="Sch. 3 para. 8(1)(y)"><ukm:AffectedTitle>Data Protection Act 2018</ukm:AffectedTitle><ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-8-1-y" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/3/paragraph/8/1/y" FoundRef="schedule-3-paragraph-8">para. 8(1)(y)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectedProvisions><ukm:AffectingTitle>Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022</ukm:AffectingTitle><ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/schedule/3">Sch. 3 </ukm:Section><ukm:Section Ref="schedule-3-paragraph-78-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/schedule/3/paragraph/78/3">para. 78(3)</ukm:Section></ukm:AffectingProvisions><ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:Section Ref="section-160-1" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/18/section/160/1">s. 160(1)</ukm:Section></ukm:CommencementAuthority><ukm:InForceDates><ukm:InForce Applied="false" Prospective="true" Qualification=""/></ukm:InForceDates></ukm:UnappliedEffect></ukm:UnappliedEffects></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
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ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">Duration of designation notice</Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B" id="section-82B"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">82B</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/1" id="section-82B-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">A designation notice must state when it comes into force.</Addition></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2" id="section-82B-2"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">2</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">A designation notice ceases to be in force at the earliest of the following times—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2/a" id="section-82B-2-a"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">a</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">at the end of the period of 5 years beginning when the notice comes into force;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2/b" id="section-82B-2-b"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">b</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">(if relevant) at the end of a shorter period specified in the notice;</Addition></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/2/c" id="section-82B-2-c"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">c</Addition></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">when the notice is withdrawn under section 82C.</Addition></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2018/12/section/82B/3" id="section-82B-3"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">3</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Addition ChangeId="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5-1763369785278" CommentaryRef="key-3be04071b6e982862efa5dedc98b91c5">The Secretary of State may give a further designation notice in respect of processing that is, or has been, the subject of a previous designation 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