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Data Protection Act 2018
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· 2018-05-23
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[^key-fd7d8643e5cf863864df9476b9a7e1d8]: [Act](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12) modified (10.3.2026) by [The Surrey (Structural Changes) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/264)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/264), [arts. 1(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/264/article/1/1), [28(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/264/article/28/2/e), [40(2)(e)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/264/article/40/2/e)
[^key-8f2b2401a00979810a31b65e3185a134]: [S. 13A](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/13A) inserted (E.W.) (31.3.2026) by [Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21), [ss. 31(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21/section/31/4), [81(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21/section/81/2) (with [s. 32](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21/section/32)); [S.I. 2026/317](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/317), [reg. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/317/regulation/2)
[^key-0e53649fe7127715ffc24ffc24bc0ea5]: [S. 13A](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/13A) extended (S. and N.I.) (31.3.2026) by [Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18), [s. 142(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/142/1), [Sch. 11 para. 32(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/11/paragraph/32/b); [S.I. 2026/317](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/317), [reg. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/317/regulation/3)
#### Limits on fees that may be charged by controllers
##### 17A
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- (5) In this section, “*pre-commencement enactment*” means an enactment so far as passed or made before 20th August 2025, other than an enactment contained in, or made under, a provision listed in section 186(2) or (3).
#### Protection of personal data
#### Overview
### Relevant international law
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- (6) In this section, “*treaty*” and “*ratified*” have the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (see section 25 of that Act).
#### Limits on fees that may be charged by controllers
#### National security and defence exemption
#### Special categories of personal data etc: supplementary
#### Manual unstructured data used in longstanding historical research
##### 42A
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## Schedule 12A
#### Number of members
#### Status
##### 1
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- (b) references to the payment of pensions, allowances or gratuities to or in respect of a person include references to the making of payments towards the provision of pensions, allowances or gratuities to be paid to or in respect of a person.
#### Merger of the directly applicable GDPR and the applied GDPR
#### The applied GPDR
#### GDPR: right to an effective remedy against the Commissioner
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- (3) During a relevant period, section 148B has effect as if for subsection (8) there were substituted—
> (8) The Commissioner may not give an individual an interview notice with respect to the processing of personal data for the special purposes unless a determination under section 174 with respect to the data or the processing has taken effect.
##### 13A
- (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the table in Article 17(5) of the UK GDPR.
- (2) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
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