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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-protection-act-2018-competent-authorities-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348288322",
  "legislation_title": "The Data Protection Act 2018 (Competent Authorities) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-protection-act-2018-competent-authorities-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Competent authority",
  "text": "In Schedule 7 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (competent authorities), after paragraph 20 insert—\n“20A The College of Policing.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 7 was amended by the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), Schedule 4, paragraph 9 and Schedule 5, paragraph 49; and the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 (c. 31), section 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Competent authority” is defined in section 30 of the Data Protection Act 2018."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348288322/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:42.380925+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."
}