{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-120D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/120D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "120D",
  "heading": "Duty to consult other regulators",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must, at such times as the Commission considers appropriate, consult the persons mentioned in subsection (2) about how the manner in which the Commission exercises functions under the data protection legislation may affect economic growth, innovation and competition.\n(2) The persons are—\n(a) such persons exercising regulatory functions as the Commission considers appropriate;\n(b) such other persons as the Commission considers appropriate.\n(3) In this section, “regulatory function” has the meaning given by section 111 of the Deregulation Act 2015.",
  "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. 120D(1)(2) 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/120D",
    "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."
}