{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/120C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120C",
  "heading": "Strategy",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must prepare a strategy for carrying out the Commission's functions under the data protection legislation in accordance with the Commission's duties under—\n(a) sections 120A and 120B,\n(b) section 108 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (exercise of regulatory functions: economic growth), and\n(c) section 21 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (exercise of regulatory functions: principles).\n(2) The Commission must—\n(a) review the strategy from time to time, and\n(b) revise the strategy as appropriate.\n(3) The Commission must publish the strategy and any revised strategy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 120A-120D and cross-heading inserted (20.8.2025) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 91(3), 142(1) (with s. 91(5)); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 120C(1)-(3) substituted (30.9.2026) by The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/386), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 23(2)(3); S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/120C",
    "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."
}