Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) – Section 12 – Limits on fees that may be charged by controllers
Sections
Section 12Limits on fees that may be charged by controllers
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations specify limits on the fees that a controller may charge in reliance on—
- (a)Article 12(5) of the [F1UK GDPR] (reasonable fees when responding to manifestly unfounded or excessive requests), or
- (b)Article 15(3) of the [F2UK GDPR] (reasonable fees for provision of further copies).
(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations—
- (a)require controllers of a description specified in the regulations to produce and publish guidance about the fees that they charge in reliance on those provisions, and
- (b)specify what the guidance must include.
(3) Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.
Amended text
This Section is shown as amended by S.I. 2019/419 (see the annotations below), as incorporated in the text in force on 5 November 2026 as published on legislation.gov.uk.
Annotations
Textual Amendments
- F1 Words in s. 12(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15 (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
- F2 Words in s. 12(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 15 (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
- I1 S. 12 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 212(2)(f)
- I2 S. 12 in force at 25.5.2018 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(b)
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Text as at 5 November 2026.
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