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When must a person attend an interview under a DPA notice?

Ordinarily not before the appeal period ends; An urgent notice may require attendance after at least 24 hours. Attend and answer questions at the specified place. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

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Period
Ordinarily not before the appeal period ends; An urgent notice may require attendance after at least 24 hours
Trigger
Giving the actual notice
Rule
Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A
Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A. The retained source governs attend and answer questions at the specified place. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

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The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment. Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal. The actual giving the actual notice and required completion must be established before using a final date.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

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When must a person attend an interview under a DPA notice?

Ordinarily not before the appeal period ends; An urgent notice may require attendance after at least 24 hours. Attend and answer questions at the specified place. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

Responsible actor. Individual within section 148A(3).

Giving the actual notice.

The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

How does this provision count time?

  1. Attend and answer questions at the specified place.
  2. Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal.
  3. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal.

Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

Which facts prevent one automatic date?

The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment. Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal. The actual giving the actual notice and required completion must be established before using a final date.

ResultRead the operative provision and establish the applicable branch.

The individual within section 148A(3) has established the applicable procedure and giving the actual notice. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment. Attend and answer questions at the specified place. Ordinarily not before the appeal period ends; An urgent notice may require attendance after at least 24 hours. No computed final date is supplied.

A proposed completion raises a nonbusiness-day or time-boundary question for attend and answer questions at the specified place. Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal. Resolve this boundary under the identified provision and actual completion route. Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal.

The notice invokes the urgent exception and specifies a different requirement time. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment. The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment. No automatic final date follows from this scenario.

Which conditions and exceptions apply?

Applicable procedure and actual event
The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.
Counting and completion boundary
Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal.
Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A
  • The power concerns specified individuals linked to suspected failures or offences. The actual notice sets attendance place and time; it does not create a universal next-day appointment.
  • Individual within section 148A(3). Giving the actual notice. Attend and answer questions at the specified place. Distinguish a statutory earliest permissible time from the actual specified deadline. Preserve the exact giving event and any pending appeal.

What must the responsible actor complete?

Questions about this procedure

When must a person attend an interview under a DPA notice?

Is the nominal minimum the actual appointment or compliance deadline?

No. The notice must specify the actual requirement and timing.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

Does an ordinary appeal affect compliance?

The relevant section suspends compliance pending determination or withdrawal, subject to the urgent exception.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

What must support urgency?

The statutory urgency statement and reasons, plus the additional tier conditions where applicable.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

Can a midnight date alone describe a 24-hour requirement?

No. The exact giving time and applicable time zone matter where an hourly minimum applies.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

What evidence must be retained?

The complete notice, giving event, actual requirement, reasons and appeal history.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

Can the page calculate a final due date from notice date alone?

No. The actual specified time and correct ordinary or urgent branch must first be established.

Data Protection Act 2018, section 148A

Official sources and review

Provisions used (1)
Provisions used in this guide
ProvisionPurpose
Data Protection Act 2018, section 148ACheck the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification
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