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A person who has contravened an order subject to a default fine in accordance with Section 44
or 45, first paragraph, shall not be sentenced for liability for an act that is subject to the default
fine order.
Detailed regulations
Section 50
The Government or the authority appointed by the Government may issue more detailed
regulations concerning
a) the cases in which processing of personal data is permitted,
b) the requirements which are imposed on the controller of personal data when processing
personal data,
c) the cases in which use of personal identity number is permitted,
d) what a notification or application to a controller of personal data should contain,
e) which information shall be provided to the registered person and how information shall be
provided, and
f) notification to the supervisory authority and procedure when information notified has been
altered.
Appeals
Section 51
The supervisory authority’s decision in accordance with this Act, except as regards
regulations, may be appealed against to a general administrative court.
Leave to appeal is required to appeal to the Administrative Court of Appeal.
The supervisory authority may decide that its decision should apply even if it has been
appealed against.
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Entry into force and transitional provisions
1. This Act enters into force on 24 October 1998, upon which the Data Act (1973:289) shall
cease to apply. However, the old act still applies to issues concerning appeals of decisions
that have been issued before 24 October 1998.
2. As regards processing of personal data that commenced before the entry into force, or
processing conducted for a particular decided purpose if processing for the purpose was
commenced before the entry into force, the old act shall apply instead of the new act up to
and including 30 September 2001. This also applies to the rules in the old act on appeals.
3. The rules of Sections 9, 10, 13 and 21 in the new act shall not start to be applied before 1
October 2007 as regards such manual processing of personal data as was commenced
before the entry into force, or as regards manual processing that is conducted for a