# The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014, Regulation 55: Time limits


Subject to regulation 59—
(a) in an urgent case regarding a serious offence—
(i) a UK competent authority must respond within eight hours of a request when the information or intelligence requested in accordance with the Framework Decision is held in a database directly accessible by the UK competent authority; but
(ii) where the provision of the information or intelligence requested in accordance with the Framework Decision within the period of eight hours would put a disproportionate burden on the UK competent authority, the UK competent authority—
(aa) may postpone the provision of the information or intelligence for up to three days;
(bb) must immediately inform the requesting competent authority of this postponement; and
(cc) must provide reasons on the form set out in Annex A;
(b) in a non-urgent case regarding a serious offence—
(i) a UK competent authority must ensure that a request for information or intelligence in accordance with the Framework Decision is responded to within one week if the requested information or intelligence is held in a database directly accessible by the UK competent authority; but
(ii) if the UK competent authority is unable to respond within seven days, it must provide reasons for that on the form set out in Annex A; and
(c) in all other cases—
(i) a UK competent authority must ensure that the information requested in accordance with the Framework Decision is communicated to the requesting competent authority within 14 days; but
(ii) if the UK competent authority is unable to respond within 14 days, it must provide reasons on the form set out in Annex A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122723/regulation/55 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-and-data-protection-protocol-no-36-regulations-2014/regulation-55
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