(2)A data controller is not obliged to supply any information under subsection (1) unless he has received—
(a)a request in writing, and
(b)except in prescribed cases, such fee (not exceeding the prescribed maximum) as he may require.
[F2(3)Where a data controller—
(a)reasonably requires further information in order to satisfy himself as to the identity of the person making a request under this section and to locate the information which that person seeks, and
(b)has informed him of that requirement,
the data controller is not obliged to comply with the request unless he is supplied with that further information.]
(10)In this section—
“prescribed” means prescribed by the [F3 Secretary of State] by regulations;
“the prescribed maximum” means such amount as may be prescribed;
“the prescribed period” means forty days or such other period as may be prescribed;
“the relevant day”, in relation to a request under this section, means the day on which the data controller receives the request or, if later, the first day on which the data controller has both the required fee and the information referred to in subsection (3).
(11)Different amounts or periods may be prescribed under this section in relation to different cases.
[F4(12)A person is a relevant person for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) if he—
(a)is a person referred to in paragraph 4(a) or (b) or paragraph 8(a) or (b) of Schedule 11;
(b)is employed by an education authority (within the meaning of paragraph 6 of Schedule 11) in pursuance of its functions relating to education and the information relates to him, or he supplied the information in his capacity as such an employee; or
(c)is the person making the request.]
[F5(12)A person is a relevant person for the purposes of subsection (4)(c) if he—
(a)is a person referred to in paragraph 1(p) or (q) of the Schedule to the Data Protection (Subject Access Modification) (Social Work) Order 2000; or
(b)is or has been employed by any person or body referred to in paragraph 1 of that Schedule in connection with functions which are or have been exercised in relation to the data consisting of the information; or
(c)has provided for reward a service similar to a service provided in the exercise of any functions specified in paragraph 1(a)(i), (b), (c) or (d) of that Schedule,
and the information relates to him or he supplied the information in his official capacity or, as the case may be, in connection with the provision of that service.]