When is the deadline for dpa 2018 part 3 two month extension for complex or numerous requests?
The catalogue records a 2 months period from The relevant time; the extension notice must be given within one month of the relevant time. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 2 months
- Trigger
- The relevant time; the extension notice must be given within one month of the relevant time
- Counting
- The encoded calculator method must be independently documented before publication.
- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- Conditional and self-certifying, capped at two further months. The notice deadline is hard: s.54(3B) requires the notice to "be given before the end of the period of one month beginning with the relevant time, and state the reasons for the delay". Miss the notice date and the extension is unavailable.
- CURRENCY: inserted by DUAA 2025 with effect from 5 February 2026. Before that date Part 3 had no extension mechanism of this kind, so this is a genuine new entitlement, subject to the SI 2026/82 reg 4(b) saving for earlier requests. Section 54(3C) provides a matching clarification pause for s.45(1) requests, with the s.54(3D) example of a controller processing a large amount of