{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This condition is met if the processing—\n(a) is necessary for archiving purposes, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes,\n(b) is carried out in accordance with Article 84B of the UK GDPR, and\n(c) is in the public interest.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(b) substituted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 87(2)(b), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 25.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:55.804064+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}