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An HR manager, as a condition of offering employment, asks a job applicant to make a subject access request to obtain their own criminal records and hand them over. Under the Data Protection Act 1998, how should this practice be characterised?

A Lawful, because the applicant is exercising their own subject access right voluntarily
B An enforced subject access offence, since it compels a person to obtain their data as a precondition to employment
C A notification offence committed by the employer
D Permitted provided the employer pays the statutory notification fee

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