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RestrictStartDate="2025-12-01"><Title>Duty to remove services from the DVS register</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/42" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/42" id="section-42"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-ddd15adf14f01622c5de357ae06f0e7d"/><CommentaryRef Ref="key-b888329e5edd109714f1056752401f03"/>42</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/42/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/42/1" id="section-42-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Where a person is registered in the DVS register in respect of digital verification services, subsection (2) applies if the person—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/42/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/42/1/a" id="section-42-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>asks for the register to be amended so that the person is no longer 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IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/42/3/c" id="section-42-3-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>it is required to be ignored by reason of provision included in the DVS trust framework under section 28(8).</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-b888329e5edd109714f1056752401f03" Type="I"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="c053kjun6-00151" SectionRef="section-42" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2025/18/section/42">S. 42</CitationSubRef> in force at 1.12.2025 by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2025/1213" id="c053kjun6-00152" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2025" Number="1213" Title="The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025">S.I. 2025/1213</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c053kjun6-00152" id="c053kjun6-00153" SectionRef="regulation-2" 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