{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-164B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-164B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/164B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "164B",
  "heading": "Controllers to notify the Commission of the number of complaints",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a controller to notify the Commission of the number of complaints made to the controller under section 164A in periods specified or described in the regulations.\n(2) Regulations under this section may provide that a controller is required to make a notification to the Commission in respect of a period only in circumstances specified in the regulations.\n(3) Regulations under this section may include—\n(a) provision about a matter listed in subsection (4), or\n(b) provision conferring power on the Commission to determine those matters.\n(4) The matters are—\n(a) the form and manner in which a notification must be made,\n(b) the time at which, or period within which, a notification must be made, and\n(c) how the number of complaints made to a controller during a period is to be calculated.\n(5) Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 164A, 164B inserted (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 19.6.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 103(2), 142(1)(2)(h); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 3(a) (with reg. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 164B(1)(2) substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3) (with reg. 1(5)); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 164B(3)(b) substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3) (with reg. 1(5)); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 164B heading substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3) (with reg. 1(5)); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/164B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}