{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-12A/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/12A/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Authentication of seal and presumption of authenticity of documents",
  "text": "(1) The application of the Commission’s seal must be authenticated by the signature of—\n(a) the chair of the Commission, or\n(b) another person authorised for that purpose by the Commission.\n(2) A document purporting to be duly executed under the Commission’s seal or signed on its behalf—\n(a) is to be received in evidence, and\n(b) is to be taken to be executed or signed in that way, unless the contrary is shown.\n(3) This paragraph does not extend to Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}