Nomination Register
SL-03Section 14 lets a Data Principal nominate someone to exercise their rights in the event of death or incapacity. It is the least-used right in the Act and the one most likely to matter to a family at the worst possible time, which is a reason to make the register work properly rather than a reason to deprioritise it.
6 nominations await verification
An unverified nomination is worse than none, because the principal believes it is in place. Verification confirms the nominee's identity and their acceptance — a nominee who does not know they have been nominated cannot act.
Nominations
26
Active
15
Awaiting verification
6
Invoked
2
Nominee has exercised rights
Revoked
3
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What a nominee can do
- Exercise the right of access on the principal's behalf — the same summary the principal would receive.
- Request correction of a record where the principal can no longer do so themselves.
- Request erasure where no legal retention obligation applies.
- File a grievance, and escalate it through the same ladder.
What a nominee cannot do
- Act while the principal is alive and capable — the nomination is dormant until invoked, and invoking it requires evidence.
- Give fresh consent on the principal's behalf. Consent is personal and does not pass to a nominee.
- Nominate someone else in turn.
- Override a retention obligation that binds us independently of anyone's wishes.