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Official TranscriptStatus: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2026 No. 1015 (C. 83) DATA PROTECTION The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026 Made - - - - 10th September 2026 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in...
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 2026 No. 1015 (C. 83) DATA PROTECTION The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026 Made - - - - 10th September 2026 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 142(1) and 143(1) of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025(1).
Citation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026.
Provisions coming into force on 30th September 2026 2 The following provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 come into force on 30th September 2026—
(a) section 117(4)(a) (the Information Commission: omission of section 205(2)(l) of the Data Protection Act 2018);
(b) section 118 (abolition of the office of Information Commissioner);
(c) section 119 (transfer of functions to the Information Commission).
Transitional provision: general continuity 3 Any—
(a) act or omission, or
(b) other thing (including legal proceedings)—
(i)done, or
(ii)which, immediately before 30th September 2026, is in the process of being done, by or in relation to the Information Commissioner, is to be treated as an act, omission or thing done or in the process of being done, and capable of being continued, by or in relation to the Information Commission.
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Transitional and saving provision relating to the accounts of the Information Commissioner 4 Notwithstanding the commencement of section 118 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 by regulation 2(b), in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2027, paragraph 11 of Schedule 12 to the Data Protection Act 2018(2) continues to apply in relation to the accounts of the Information Commissioner except that the duties imposed by that paragraph on the Information Commissioner are to be discharged by the Information Commission.
Stephanie Peacock Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Digital, Culture, Media and 10th September 2026 Sport
(2) 2018 c. 12.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These are the ninth commencement Regulations made under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18) (“the 2025 Act”).
Regulation 2 brings into force various provisions (namely sections 117(4)(a), 118 and 119 of the 2025 Act) which relate to the replacement of the Information Commissioner with the Information Commission.
Section 118 of the 2025 Act abolishes the office of the Information Commissioner, and as part of that, omits Schedule 12 to the Data Protection Act 2018 (“the 2018 Act”). Section 117(4)(a) makes a related amendment to remove an internal cross reference to Schedule 12 of the 2018 Act which is no longer required as a result of the changes made by section 118.
Section 119 of the 2025 Act transfers the functions of the Information Commissioner to the Information Commission.
Regulations 3 and 4 make appropriate transitional and saving provision to ensure continuity in respect of any act, omission or other thing done or being done by or in relation to the Information Commissioner, and also to ensure that there are no accounting gaps whilst functions are transferred from the Information Commissioner to the Information Commission.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS (This note is not part of the Regulations) The following provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18) have been brought into force, so far as they were not already in force (see section 142(2)(h) of that Act), by commencement Regulations made before the date of these Regulations.
Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Part 1 20th August 2025 2025/904 Sections 27 to 44 1st December 2025 2025/1213 Sections 49 to 55 1st December 2025 2025/1213 Sections 67 and 68 5th February 2026 2026/82 Sections 70 and 71 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 72 (partially) 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 72 (remaining 5th February 2026 2026/82 purposes)
Section 73 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 74 20th August 2025 2025/904 Sections 75 to 77 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 79 5th September 2025 2025/996 3Document Generated: 2026-09-11
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Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Section 80 and 81 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 83 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 84 20th August 2025 2025/904 Sections 85 to 87 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 88 5th September 2025 2025/996 Sections 89 and 90 17th November 2025 2025/996 Sections 91 to 93 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 94 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 95 20th August 2025 2025/904 Sections 98 to 101 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 102 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 103 19th June 2026 2026/82
Section 104 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 105 5th February 2026 2026/82 Sections 106 to 109 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 110 (partially) 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 110 (remaining 5th February 2026 2026/82 purposes)
Section 111 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 112 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 113 20th August 2025 2025/904 Sections 114 to 116 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 117 (partially) 20th August 2025 2025/904 Sections 120 and 121 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 123 12th February 2026 2026/126
Section 124 30th September 2025 2025/982
Section 125 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 129 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 130 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 132 5th February 2026 2026/82
Section 133 (partially) 5th February 2026 2026/82 Sections 134 to 137 20th August 2025 2025/904
Section 138 6th February 2026 2026/31 Schedules 4 to 9 5th February 2026 2026/82 Schedule 10 19th June 2026 2026/82 4Document Generated: 2026-09-11
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Provision Date of Commencement S.I. No.
Schedule 11 (partially) 20th August 2025 2025/904 Schedule 11 (further purposes) 5th February 2026 2026/82 Schedule 11 paragraph 32 31st March 2026 2026/317 Schedules 12 and 13 5th February 2026 2026/82 Schedule 14 20th August 2025 2025/904 Schedule 15 5th February 2026 2026/82 5