The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), these Regulations come into force when section 119 (transfer of functions to the Information Commission) of the 2025 Act is fully brought into force.

(3) A provision of these Regulations specified in Column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 comes into force—

(a) at the same time as the provision specified in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that table is fully brought into force; or

(b) when section 119 of the 2025 Act is fully brought into force,

whichever is the later.

(4) If section 103 of the 2025 Act (complaints by data subjects) is fully brought into force before section 119 of the 2025 Act is fully brought into force, the following provisions of these Regulations have no effect—

(a) in Schedule 2—

(i) paragraph 23(3)(d);

(ii) paragraph 23(3)(z67)(ii);

(iii) paragraph 28(3)(g);

(iv) paragraph 28(5);

(b) in Schedule 3—

(i) paragraph 41(4)(z1)(ii);

(ii) paragraph 41(4)(z3);

(iii) paragraph 41(4)(z6).

(5) If section 119 of the 2025 Act is fully brought into force before section 103 of the 2025 Act is fully brought into force, the following provisions in Schedule 2 to these Regulations have no effect—

(a) paragraph 23(3)(z66);

(b) paragraph 23(3)(z67)(i);

(c) paragraph 23(3)(z68)(i).

(6) An amendment made by a provision of these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.

(7) In these Regulations, “the 2025 Act” means the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

Consequential amendments

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), Schedules 2 and 3 make amendments which are consequential on the following sections of the 2025 Act—

(a) section 117 (the Information Commission);

(b) section 118 (abolition of the office of Information Commissioner);

(c) section 119(1) (transfer of functions to the Information Commission).

(2) The amendments contained in paragraph 23(5) and (6)(b) of Schedule 2 are consequential on section 91 of the 2025 Act (duties of the Commissioner in carrying out functions).

(3) The amendment contained in paragraph 23(15) of Schedule 2 is consequential on section 67 of the 2025 Act (meaning of research and statistical purposes).

Transitional provision: first chair of the Information Commission

3.  In relation to the person to whom paragraph 2 of Schedule 14 to the 2025 Act applies—

(a) the amendment made by paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 2 does not apply;

(b) in the Superannuation Act 1972(1), in Schedule 1, under the italic heading “Offices”, the reference to “Information Commissioner” in the first place it occurs is to be read as a reference to “Chair of the Information Commission”.

Ian Murray

Minister of State

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

26th March 2026