{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/12A/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The Commission may make arrangements for regulating—\n(a) its own procedure, and\n(b) the procedure of a committee of the Commission.\n(2) The non-executive members of the Commission may by majority make arrangements for regulating the procedure for the carrying out of the separate functions which are conferred on them under this Schedule.\n(3) Arrangements under this paragraph may include arrangements as to quorum and the making of decisions by a majority.\n(4) The Commission must publish arrangements which it makes under this paragraph.\n(5) This paragraph is subject to paragraph 18.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 12A inserted (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 20.8.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1)(2)(h), Sch. 14 para. 1 (with Sch. 14 paras. 2, 3); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(z) (with reg. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/schedule/12A/paragraph/16",
    "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."
}