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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-4B",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the Secretary of State makes a decision mentioned in paragraph 4A(4), the Secretary of State must keep a record of it and the reasons for it.\n(2) Where sub-paragraph (1) applies, the Secretary of State must also inform the data subject of the decision unless, in the particular circumstances of the case, the Secretary of State considers that doing so may be prejudicial to any of the matters mentioned in paragraph 4(1)(a) and (b).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 4A, 4B and cross-headings substituted (8.3.2024) by The Data Protection Act 2018 (Amendment of Schedule 2 Exemptions) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/342), regs. 1(2), 3"
    }
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}