Data Protection Act 2018

Final

212 Commencement

(1) Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.

(2) This section and the following provisions come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

(a) sections 1 and 3;

(b) section 182;

(c) sections 204, 205 and 206;

(d) sections 209 and 210;

(e) sections 213(2), 214 and 215;

(f) any other provision of this Act so far as it confers power to make regulations or Tribunal Procedure Rules or is otherwise necessary for enabling the exercise of such a power on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

(3) The following provisions come into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning when this Act is passed—

(a) section 124;

(b) sections 125, 126 and 127, so far as they relate to a code prepared under section 124;

(c) section 177;

(d) section 178 and Schedule 17;

(e) section 179.

(4) Regulations under this section may make different provision for different areas.

213 Transitional provision

(1) Schedule 20 contains transitional, transitory and saving provision.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of any provision of this Act or with the GDPR beginning to apply, including provision amending or repealing a provision of Schedule 20.

(3) Regulations under this section that amend or repeal a provision of Schedule 20 are subject to the negative resolution procedure.

214 Extent

(1) This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, subject to—

(a) subsections (2) to (5), and

(b) paragraph 12 of Schedule 12.

(2) Section 199 extends to England and Wales only.

(3) Sections 188, 189 and 190 extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.

(4) An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent in the United Kingdom as the enactment amended, repealed or revoked.

(5) This subsection and the following provisions also extend to the Isle of Man—

(a) paragraphs 332 and 434 of Schedule 19;

(b) sections 211(1), 212(1) and 213(2), so far as relating to those paragraphs.

(6) Where there is a power to extend a part of an Act by Order in Council to any of the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or any of the British overseas territories, the power may be exercised in relation to an amendment or repeal of that part which is made by or under this Act.

215 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Data Protection Act 2018.