{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/12A/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Number of members",
  "text": "(1) The number of members of the Commission is to be determined by the Secretary of State.\n(2) That number must not be—\n(a) less than 3, or\n(b) more than 14.\n(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations substitute a different number for the number for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (2)(b).\n(4) Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the negative resolution procedure.",
  "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/2",
    "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."
}