Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026.

Provisions coming into force on 30th September 2026

2. The following provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 come into force on 30th September 2026—

(a)section 117(4)(a) (the Information Commission: omission of section 205(2)(l) of the Data Protection Act 2018);

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

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

Transitional provision: general continuity

3. Any—

(a)act or omission, or

(b)other thing (including legal proceedings)—

(i)done, or

(ii)which, immediately before 30th September 2026, is in the process of being done,

by or in relation to the Information Commissioner, is to be treated as an act, omission or thing done or in the process of being done, and capable of being continued, by or in relation to the Information Commission.

Transitional and saving provision relating to the accounts of the Information Commissioner

4. Notwithstanding the commencement of section 118 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 by regulation 2(b), in respect of the financial year ending with 31st March 2027, paragraph 11 of Schedule 12 to the Data Protection Act 2018(2) continues to apply in relation to the accounts of the Information Commissioner except that the duties imposed by that paragraph on the Information Commissioner are to be discharged by the Information Commission.