Personal Data Protection Act 2010 · Updated to 15 Sep 2026 · Part VII · Appeal Tribunal
84. Powers of Appeal Tribunal
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to summon parties to the proceedings or any other person to attend before it to give evidence in respect of an appeal;
to procure and receive evidence on oath or affirmation, whether written or oral, and examine all such persons as witnesses as the Appeal Tribunal considers necessary;
where a person is so summoned, to require the production of any information, document or other thing in his possession or under his control which the Appeal Tribunal considers necessary for the purposes of the appeal;
to administer any oath, affirmation or statutory declaration, as the case may require;
where a person is so summoned, to allow the payment for any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with his attendance;
to admit evidence or reject evidence adduced, whether oral or documentary, and whether admissible or inadmissible under the provisions of any written law relating to the admissibility of evidence;
to adjourn the hearing of an appeal from time to time, including the power to adjourn to consider its decision;
and
generally to direct and do all such matters as may be necessary or expedient for the expeditious decision of the appeal.
The Appeal Tribunal shall have the powers of a subordinate court with regard to the enforcement of attendance of witnesses, hearing evidence on oath or affirmation and punishment for contempt.
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personal data
“personal data” means any information in respect of commercial transactions, which— (a) is being processed wholly or partly by means of equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose; (b) is recorded with the intention that it should wholly or partly be processed by means of such equipment; or (c) is recorded as part of a relevant filing system or with the intention that it should form part of a relevant filing system, that relates directly or indirectly to a data subject, who is identified or identifiable from that information or from that and other information in the possession of a data user, including any sensitive personal data and expression of opinion about the data subject; but does not include any information that is processed for the purpose of a credit reporting business carried on by a credit reporting agency under the Credit Reporting Agencies Act 2010;