{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-148C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018/section-148C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2018/12",
  "legislation_title": "Data Protection Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-protection-act-2018",
  "path": "section/148C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "148C",
  "heading": "False statements made in response to interview notices",
  "text": "It is an offence for an individual, in response to an interview notice—\n(a) to make a statement which the individual knows to be false in a material respect, or\n(b) recklessly to make a statement which is false in a material respect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 148A-148C and cross-heading inserted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 100(2), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(s)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2018/12/section/148C",
    "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."
}