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Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
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· 2025-06-19
2026-03-31
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
Changes on 2026-03-31
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After Article 45B (inserted by [paragraph 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/7/paragraph/4/2026-02-12)) insert—
After Article 45B (inserted by [paragraph 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/7/paragraph/4/2026-03-31)) insert—
> (Article 45C)
> (1) The Secretary of State must, on an ongoing basis, monitor developments in third countries and international organisations that could affect decisions to make regulations under Article 45A or to amend or revoke such regulations.
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In section 26(2)(f) (national security and defence exemption), omit sub-paragraph (ai) (inserted by [section 88](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/88/2026-02-12) of this Act).
In section 26(2)(f) (national security and defence exemption), omit sub-paragraph (ai) (inserted by [section 88](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/88/2026-03-31) of this Act).
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In section 45A (exemption from sections 44 and 45: legal professional privilege) (inserted by section [79](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/79/2026-02-12) of this Act), in subsection (2), after paragraph (c) insert—
In section 45A (exemption from sections 44 and 45: legal professional privilege) (inserted by section [79](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/79/2026-03-31) of this Act), in subsection (2), after paragraph (c) insert—
> (ca) the data subject’s right to make a complaint to the controller under section [164A](#p12626),
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- (1) This paragraph applies to the person who holds the office of Information Commissioner immediately before the day on which this Schedule comes into force.
- (2) The person is to be treated as having been appointed as the chair of the Information Commission for a term that expires at the time the person would cease to hold the office of Information Commissioner but for the abolition of that office by section [118](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/118/2026-02-12).
- (2) The person is to be treated as having been appointed as the chair of the Information Commission for a term that expires at the time the person would cease to hold the office of Information Commissioner but for the abolition of that office by section [118](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/118/2026-03-31).
- (3) For the purposes of paragraph [7](#p22452)[(3)](#p22461) of Schedule [12A](#p22271) to the Data Protection Act 2018 (extension of chair’s term), the term of the person’s appointment as chair of the Information Commission is to be treated as a term beginning when the person began to hold the office of Information Commissioner.
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[^key-e44fa68237d78c42b1406bc5553b9bcc]: [S. 123](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/123) in force at 12.2.2026 by [S.I. 2026/126](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/126), [reg. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/126/regulation/3)
[^key-dcb8cd781401ce415a2e5d51a0a8d8db]: Sch. 11 para. 32 in force at 31.3.2026 by [S.I. 2026/317](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/317), [reg. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/317/regulation/3)
#### The 2018 Act
In the PEC Regulations, before Schedule 1 insert—
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#### Electricity and Gas (Competitive Tenders for Smart Meter Communication Licences) Regulations 2012
#### Power to make provision in connection with customer data
#### DVS trust framework
#### National Underground Asset Register: England and Wales
#### National Underground Asset Register: Northern Ireland
#### Pre-commencement consultation
#### Customer data and business data
#### Introductory
#### Powers relating to verification of identity or status
#### Information in relation to apparatus: England and Wales
#### Information in relation to apparatus: Northern Ireland
In the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, after Schedule 5 insert—
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In the UK GDPR, at the end insert—
In the UK GDPR, after Annex 1 (inserted by [Schedule 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/4/2026-02-12) to this Act) insert—
In the UK GDPR, after Annex 1 (inserted by [Schedule 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/schedule/4/2026-03-31) to this Act) insert—
#### The UK GDPR
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#### Electricity and Gas (Competitive Tenders for Smart Meter Communication Licences) Regulations 2012
#### The UK GDPR
#### The 2018 Act
#### The UK GDPR
#### The 2018 Act
#### The 2018 Act
In the PEC Regulations, before Schedule 1 insert—
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