Commencement
- The majority of provisions in this Act are brought into force by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
- The following provisions come into force on Royal Assent:
- Section 66 (The DPA 2018 and the UK GDPR);
- Section 78 (Searches in response to data subjects’ requests);
- Part 1 of Schedule 16 and section 122 (Grant of smart meter communication licences) so far as it relates to that Part;
- Sections 126 to 128 (Retention of biometric data);
- Part 8; and
- Any provisions that are needed to make regulations.
- The following provisions come into force two months after Royal Assent:
- Section 69 (Consent to law enforcement processing);
- Section 82 (Logging of law enforcement processing);
- Section 96 (Notices from the Information Commissioner);
- Section 97 (Power of the Information Commissioner to require documents).
- Part 2 of Schedule 16 and section 122 so far as it relates to that part, commences on the day on which the first regulations under section 91A(1) of the Energy Act 2008 (inserted by Part 1 of Schedule 16) come into force.
