Data Protection Act, 1988
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(b) to supplement the data with such statement relating to the matters dealt with by them as the Commissioner
may approve of; and as respects data that are inaccurate or not kept up to date, if he supplements them as
aforesaid, he shall be deemed not to be in contravention of paragraph (b) of the said section 2 (1).
(4) An enforcement notice shall—
(a) specify any provision of this Act that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, has been or is being contravened and
the reasons for his having formed that opinion, and
(b) subject to subsection (6) of this section, state that the person concerned may appeal to the Court under section
26 of this Act against the requirement specified in the notice within 21 days from the service of the notice on
him.
(5) Subject to subsection (6) of this section, the time specified in an enforcement notice for compliance with a
requirement specified therein shall not be expressed to expire before the end of the period of 21 days specified in
subsection (4) (b) of this section and, if an appeal is brought against the requirement, the requirement need not be
complied with and subsection (9) of this section shall not apply in relation thereto, pending the determination or
withdrawal of the appeal.
(6) If the Commissioner—
(a) by reason of special circumstances, is of opinion that a requirement specified in an enforcement notice should
be complied with urgently, and
(b) includes a statement to that effect in the notice,
subsections (4) (b) and (5) of this section shall not apply in relation to the notice, but the notice shall contain a
statement of the effect of the provisions of section 26 (other than subsection (3)) of this Act and shall not require
compliance with the requirement before the end of the period of 7 days beginning on the date on which the notice is
served.
(7) On compliance by a data controller with a requirement under subsection (3) of this section, he shall, as soon as
may be and in any event not more than 40 days after such compliance, notify—
(a) the data subject concerned, and
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