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The Data Protection (Subject Access) (Fees) Regulations 1987

S.I. 1987/1507 · Made 24 August 1987

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DATA PROTECTION

Made 24th August 1987

Laid before Parliament 2nd September 1987

Coming into force 11th November 1987

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by sections 21(2) and 41 of the Data Protection Act 1984f1, I hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1984 c. 35; see the definition of “prescribed” in section 41.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Data Protection (Subject Access) (Fees) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 11th November 1987.

2

The maximum fee payable by an individual on making a request under section 21 of the Data Protection Act 1984 to be supplied with information concerning any data held about him in accordance with subsection (1) of that section shall be £10 in respect of each request made by him.

Signature

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Home Office

24th August 1987

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe a fee of £10 as the maximum fee which is payable by an individual who makes a request, under section 21 of the Data Protection Act 1984, to be supplied with information concerning any data held about him. When the data user has separate entries in the register for data held for different purposes, a separate request must be made and a separate fee paid by virtue of section 21(3) of the Act.