Section 164B — Data Protection Act 2018: Controllers to notify the Commissioner of the number of complaints

Controllers to notify the Commissioner of the number of complaints 164B 1 The Secretary of State may by regulations require a controller to notify the Commissioner of the number of complaints made to the controller under section 164A in periods specified or described in the regulations.

2 Regulations under this section may provide that a controller is required to make a notification to the Commissioner in respect of a period only in circumstances specified in the regulations.

3 Regulations under this section may include—

a provision about a matter listed in subsection (4), or b provision conferring power on the Commissioner to determine those matters.

4 The matters are—

a the form and manner in which a notification must be made, b the time at which, or period within which, a notification must be made, and c how the number of complaints made to a controller during a period is to be calculated.

5 Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.