{
  "legislation": {
    "id": "ukpga/1998/29",
    "title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
    "short_title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
    "citation": "1998 c. 29",
    "type": "ukpga",
    "date": "1998-07-16",
    "revised": true,
    "unapplied_effects": 16,
    "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998",
    "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998.json"
  },
  "direction": "made_to",
  "with": "ukpga/2008/4",
  "count": 5,
  "effects": [
    {
      "type": "power to amend conferred",
      "affected": {
        "id": "ukpga/1998/29",
        "title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
        "provisions": "Act",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998"
      },
      "affecting": {
        "id": "ukpga/2008/4",
        "title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
        "provisions": "s. 77(5)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008"
      },
      "applied": true,
      "requires_applied": true,
      "in_force_date": "2008-05-08"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affected": {
        "id": "ukpga/1998/29",
        "title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
        "provisions": "s. 67(5)(ca)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998"
      },
      "affecting": {
        "id": "ukpga/2008/4",
        "title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
        "provisions": "s. 144(2)(b)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008"
      },
      "applied": true,
      "requires_applied": true,
      "in_force_date": "2009-10-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affected": {
        "id": "ukpga/1998/29",
        "title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
        "provisions": "s. 55A-55E and cross-heading",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998"
      },
      "affecting": {
        "id": "ukpga/2008/4",
        "title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
        "provisions": "s. 144(1)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008"
      },
      "applied": true,
      "requires_applied": true,
      "in_force_date": "2009-10-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affected": {
        "id": "ukpga/1998/29",
        "title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
        "provisions": "s. 67(4)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998"
      },
      "affecting": {
        "id": "ukpga/2008/4",
        "title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
        "provisions": "s. 144(2)(a)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008"
      },
      "applied": true,
      "requires_applied": true,
      "in_force_date": "2009-10-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affected": {
        "id": "ukpga/1998/29",
        "title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
        "provisions": "s. 55(2)(ca)",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998"
      },
      "affecting": {
        "id": "ukpga/2008/4",
        "title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
        "provisions": "s. 78",
        "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008"
      },
      "applied": false,
      "requires_applied": true,
      "in_force_date": null
    }
  ],
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}