Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

33 Registration in the DVS register U.K.

(1) The Secretary of State must register a person providing digital verification services in the DVS register if—

(a) the person holds a certificate from an accredited conformity assessment body certifying that digital verification services provided by the person are provided in accordance with the DVS trust framework,

(b) the person applies to be registered in the DVS register in respect of one or more of the digital verification services to which the certificate relates,

(c) the application complies with any requirements imposed by a determination under section 38, and

(d) the person complies with any regulations under section 39(1) requiring a fee to be paid.

(2) But subsection (1) is subject to—

(a) the power to refuse registration under section 34(1), and

(b) the duties to refuse registration under sections 34(10) and 41(10).

(3) If the conditions in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) are not met, the Secretary of State may not register a person in the DVS register.

(4) The register must record the digital verification services in respect of which a person is, from time to time, registered.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a certificate is to be ignored if—

(a) it has expired in accordance with its terms,

(b) it has been withdrawn by the body that issued it, or

(c) it is required to be ignored by reason of provision included in the DVS trust framework under section 28(8).

(6) In this Part, “accredited conformity assessment body” means a conformity assessment body that is accredited by the UK national accreditation body in accordance with Article 5 of the Accreditation Regulation as competent to carry out assessments of whether digital verification services are provided in accordance with the DVS trust framework.

(7) In subsection (6)—

• “the Accreditation Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93;

• “conformity assessment body” has the same meaning as in the Accreditation Regulation (see Article 2(13) of that Regulation);

• “the UK national accreditation body” means the UK national accreditation body for the purposes of Article 4(1) of the Accreditation Regulation.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 33 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 142(1)

I2 S. 33 in force at 1.12.2025 by S.I. 2025/1213, reg. 2