{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-126",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-126.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/126",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "126",
  "heading": "Publication and review of codes issued under section 125(4)",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must publish a code issued under section 125(4).\n(2) Where an amendment of a code is issued under section 125(4), the Commission must publish—\n(a) the amendment, or\n(b) the code as amended by it.\n(3) The Commission must keep under review each code issued under section 125(4) for the time being in force.\n(4) Where the Commission becomes aware that the terms of such a code could result in a breach of an international obligation of the United Kingdom, the Commission must exercise the power under section 121(2), 122(2), 123(2) , 124(2) or 124A(3) with a view to remedying the situation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 126(1)-(4) 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 126(4) substituted (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. 92(4), 142(1)(2)(h); S.I. 2025/904, reg. 2(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 126 not in force at Royal Assent; s. 126 in force at 23.7.2018 for specified purposes, see s. 212(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 126 in force at 23.7.2018 for specified purposes by S.I. 2018/625, reg. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/126",
    "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."
}