When is the deadline for commissioner's failure to progress a complaint: the s.166 trigger period?
The catalogue records a 3 months period from The date the Commissioner received the complaint under s.165 (or, for a subsequent period, the last date the complainant was given information). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 3 months
- Trigger
- The date the Commissioner received the complaint under s.165 (or, for a subsequent period, the last date the complainant was given information)
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- Not a deadline on the data subject but a condition precedent to the tribunal's jurisdiction. Until one of the s.166(1) triggers is met there is no application to be made. Section 166(1)(c) creates a rolling further period: "if the Commissioner's consideration of the complaint is not concluded during that period, fails to provide the complainant with such information during a subsequent period of 3 months".
- Section 166 is a procedural remedy only. The tribunal can order the Commissioner to take appropriate steps to respond, or to inform the complainant of progress or outcome within a specified period; it cannot review the merits of the Commissioner's decision. Note the mismatch a practitioner must handle: s.166(1)(b) uses three months, but the tribunal rule governing the applicati