Article 4 Amendment to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009

(1)

The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In rule 19 (transfer of cases to the Upper Tribunal)—

(a)

in paragraph (1), after “Data Protection Act 1998” insert “, the Data Protection Act 2018”,

(b)

in paragraph (1A), after “Data Protection Act 1998” insert “, sections 27, 79 or 111 of the Data Protection Act 2018”.

(3)

In rule 22 (the notice of appeal)—

(a)

in paragraph (5), for “subject to rule 19(2) (national security appeals)” substitute “subject to rule 19(1A) (national security appeals)”,

(b)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (b), after “Data Protection Act 1998” insert “, sections 27(3), 79(5) or 111(3) of the Data Protection Act 2018”,

(ii)

in sub-paragraph (c), after “Data Protection Act 1998” insert “, sections 27(5), 79(7) or 111(5) of the Data Protection Act 2018”,

(iii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (d), omit “or”,

(iv)

at the end of sub-paragraph (e), for the full stop substitute “; or”,

(v)

after sub-paragraph (e), insert—

“(f)
in the case of an application under section 166(2) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (orders to progress complaints), within 28 days of the expiry of six months from the date on which the Commissioner received the complaint.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2009/1976. Rule 19 was amended by S.I. 2010/43 (which inserted paragraph (1A)) and by S.I. 2011/651. Rule 22 was amended by S.I. 2010/43, 2010/2653, 2014/2128, 2017/1168. There are other amendments that are not relevant.