Section 52 Enforcement notices.C1I1C2C3
If the F1Commission is satisfied that a public authority has failed to comply with any of the requirements of Part I, the Commission may serve the authority with a notice (in this Act referred to as “an enforcement notice”) requiring the authority to take, within such time as may be specified in the notice, such steps as may be so specified for complying with those requirements.
An enforcement notice must not require any of the provisions of the notice to be complied with before the end of the period within which an appeal can be brought against the notice and, if such an appeal is brought, the notice need not be complied with pending the determination or withdrawal of the appeal.
The F4Commission may cancel an enforcement notice by written notice to the authority on which it was served.
This section has effect subject to section 53.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Word in s. 52(1) 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. 12(14)(a); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
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Word in s. 52(2)(a) 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. 12(14)(b)(i); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
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Word in s. 52(2)(a) 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. 12(14)(b)(ii); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
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Word in s. 52(4) 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. 12(14)(c); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
Modifications
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S. 52 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2009) by The INSPIRE Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3157), reg. 11 (as amended (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. 3 para. 12(2); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c))
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S. 52 applied (with modifications) (18.7.2015) by The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1415), regs. 1, 18 (with regs. 5, 11(4))
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S. 52 excluded (18.7.2015) by The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1415), regs. 1, 22(7) (with regs. 5, 11(4))
Commencement
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S. 52 wholly in force at 1.1.2005; s. 52 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 87(3); s. 52 in force for certain purposes at 30.11.2002 by S.I. 2002/2812, art. 2(e), s. 52 in force for certain further purposes at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/1909, art. 2 and otherwise in force at 1.1.2005 by S.I. 2004/3122, art. 2
Notes on Part IV
Modifications
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Pts. 4, 5: enforcement and appeals provisions applied (with modifications): (1.1.2005) by The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3391), reg. 18 (with reg. 3) (as amended (25.5.2018) by 2018 c. 12, s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 309 (with ss. 117, 209, 210, Sch. 20 para. 60); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g); (17.9.2018) by S.I. 2018/942, regs. 1(2), 10; (17.12.2018) by S.I. 2018/1216, regs. 1(3), 5; and (30.9.2026) by S.I. 2026/386, reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(2); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)); and applied (with modifications) (31.12.2009) by The INSPIRE Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3157), regs. 1, 11 (as amended (1.8.2012) by S.I. 2012/1672, regs. 1, 8; and (30.9.2026) by S.I. 2026/386, reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 12(2); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)); and applied (with modifications) (18.7.2015) by The Re Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1415), regs. 1, 18, 19 (with regs. 5, 11(4)) (as amended (30.9.2026) by S.I. 2026/386, reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 17(2); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c))