Data Protection Act 2018UK · 2018 c. 12
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Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) – Section 141A – Notices from the Commission

Sections

Section 141A[F1Notices from the [F2Commission]

(1) This section applies in relation to a notice authorised or required by this Act to be given to a person by the [F3Commission].
(2) The notice may be given to the person by—
  • (a)
    delivering it by hand to a relevant individual,
  • (b)
    leaving it at the person’s proper address,
  • (c)
    sending it by post to the person at that address, or
  • (d)
    sending it by email to the person’s email address.
(3) A “relevant individual” means—
  • (a)
    in the case of a notice to an individual, that individual;
  • (b)
    in the case of a notice to a body corporate (other than a partnership), an officer of that body;
  • (c)
    in the case of a notice to a partnership, a partner in the partnership or a person who has the control or management of the partnership business;
  • (d)
    in the case of a notice to an unincorporated body (other than a partnership), a member of its governing body.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)(b) and (c), and section 7 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (services of documents by post) in its application to those provisions, a person’s proper address is—
  • (a)
    in a case where the person has specified an address as one at which the person, or someone acting on the person’s behalf, will accept service of notices or other documents, that address;
  • (b)
    in any other case, the address determined in accordance with subsection (5).
(5) The address is—
  • (a)
    in a case where the person is a body corporate with a registered office in the United Kingdom, that office;
  • (b)
    in a case where paragraph (a) does not apply and the person is a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated body with a principal office in the United Kingdom, that office;
  • (c)
    in any other case, an address in the United Kingdom at which the [F4Commission] believes, on reasonable grounds, that the notice will come to the attention of the person.
(6) A person’s email address is—
  • (a)
    an email address published for the time being by that person as an address for contacting that person, or
  • (b)
    if there is no such published address, an email address by means of which the [F5Commission] believes, on reasonable grounds, that the notice will come to the attention of that person.
(7) A notice sent by email is treated as given 48 hours after it was sent, unless the contrary is proved.
(8) In this section, “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body.
(9) This section does not limit other lawful means of giving a notice.]

Amended text

This Section is shown as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), among other instruments (see the annotations below) (commenced provisions as at 30 September 2026, ELI), as incorporated in the text in force on 30 September 2026 as published on legislation.gov.uk.

Annotations

Textual Amendments

  1. F1 S. 141A inserted (19.8.2025) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 96(3), 142(3)(c)
  2. F2 Word in s. 141A heading 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. 23(2)(3); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
  3. F3 Word in s. 141A(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. 23(2)(3); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
  4. F4 Word in s. 141A(5)(c) 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. 23(2)(3); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)
  5. F5 Word in s. 141A(6)(b) 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. 23(2)(3); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)

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Text as at 18 September 2026.

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