Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025

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2025 No. 1213 (C. 62)
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Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 1213 (C. 62)
DATA
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025
Made
19th November 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 142(1) of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025(
1
).
Citation
1.
  These Regulations may be cited as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2025.
Commencement
2.
  In so far as not already in force(
2
), Part 2 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (digital verification services), except sections 45 to 48, comes into force on 1st December 2025.
Ian Murray
Minister of State
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
19th November 2025
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These are the fourth commencement regulations made under the Data (Use and Access) Act
2025 (c. 18)
(“
the Act
”).

Regulation 2 brings into force most of Part 2 of the Act (digital verification services), which establishes a legislative structure for the provision of digital verification services in the United Kingdom, where those services apply to be registered on a government register. It does not bring into force sections 45 to 48 (which deal with public authorities sharing information with registered digital verification service providers).

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument as a full impact assessment was published in relation to the provisions in the Data (Use and Access) Bill. Copies can be obtained from the UK Government website at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-use-and-access-bill-supporting-documents
or from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology at 22-26 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EG, United Kingdom.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT Regulations
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Data (Use and Access) Act
2025 (c. 18)
have been brought into force, so far as they were not already in force (see section 142(2)(h) of that Act), by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.

Provision
Date of Commencement
S.I. No.
Part 1
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 72 (partially)
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 74
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 79
5th September 2025
2025/996
section 84
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 88
5th September 2025
2025/996
sections 89 to 90
17th November 2025
2025/996
sections 91 to 93
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 95
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 102
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 104
20th August 2025
2025/904
sections 106 to 109
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 110 (partially)
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 111
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 113
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 117 (partially)
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 124
30th September 2025
2025/982
section 125
20th August 2025
2025/904
section 129
20th August 2025
2025/904
sections 134 to 137
20th August 2025
2025/904
Schedule 11 (partially)
20th August 2025
2025/904
Schedule 14
20th August 2025
2025/904

(
1
)
2025 c. 18
.
(
2
)
See section 142(2)(h) of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
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