{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/29",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-1998",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Unlawful obtaining etc. of personal data.",
  "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  "status": "repealed",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      "text": "Act repealed (except s. 62, Sch. 15 paras. 13, 15, 16, 18, 19) (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 44 (with ss. 117, 209, 210 and with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": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/section/55",
    "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."
  }
}