{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-162",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-162.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/162",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "162",
  "heading": "Rights of appeal",
  "text": "(1) A person who is given any of the following notices may appeal to the Tribunal—\n(a) an information notice;\n(b) an assessment notice;\n(ba) an interview notice;\n(c) an enforcement notice;\n(d) a penalty notice;\n(e) a penalty variation notice.\n(2) 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.\n(3) 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.\n(4) 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 162(1)(ba) inserted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 100(7), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(s)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 162 in force at 25.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/162",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}