{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-124C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-124C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/124C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "124C",
  "heading": "Impact assessments for codes of practice",
  "text": "(1) Where a code is prepared under section 121, 122, 123, 124 or 124A, the Commission must carry out and publish an assessment of—\n(a) who would be likely to be affected by the code, and\n(b) the effect the code would be likely to have on them.\n(2) This section applies in relation to amendments prepared under section 121, 122, 123, 124 or 124A as it applies in relation to codes prepared under those sections.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 124B, 124C 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), ss. 93, 142(1)(2)(h); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 124C(1) 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/124C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:00:05.588950+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}