{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/29",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Regulatory activity.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (except s. 62, Sch. 15 paras. 13, 15, 16, 18, 19) (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 44 (with ss. 117, 209, 210 and with transitional provisions in Sch. 20 paras. 2-9, 17-25, 27-46, 53, 54 and saving in Sch. 20 para. 58); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/44",
      "affecting_title": "NHS Redress Act 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/21",
      "affecting_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:42.744231+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}