Legislation – The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Consequential and Other Amendments) Regulations 2025

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Introduction

1 Citation and extent

2 Commencement

3 Repeal of section 199(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018

4 Amendment of the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000

5 Amendment of the Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001

6 Amendment of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Regulations 2001

7 Amendment of the Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

8 Amendment of the Representation of the People (Post-Local Government Elections Supply and Inspection of Documents) (Scotland) Regulations 2007

9 Amendment of the Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008

10 Amendment of the Companies (Disclosure of Address) Regulations 2009

11 Amendment of the Overseas Companies Regulations 2009

12 Amendment of the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010

13 Amendment of the Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012

14 Amendment of the Neighbourhood Planning (Referendums) Regulations 2012

15 Amendment of the Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2015

16 Amendment of the Companies (Disclosure of Date of Birth Information) Regulations 2015

17 Amendment of the Register of People with Significant Control Regulations 2016

18 Amendment of the Senedd Cymru (Representation of the People) Order 2025

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Explanatory note

Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments which are consequential on provisions in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18) (“the 2025 Act”). They also make related changes in relation to recordable offences.

Regulation 4 makes the new offence under section 148C of the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) (“the 2018 Act”) (giving false information to the Information Commissioner in response to an interview notice) recordable by inserting it into the Schedule to the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1139). Regulation 4 also inserts other offences under the 2018 Act into that Schedule. These further insertions do not change the current position as the offences are already treated as recordable by virtue of section 199(1) of the 2018 Act, which is repealed by regulation 3.

Regulations 5 to 9, 12 to 15 and 18 update cross references in subordinate legislation to provisions of the UK GDPR and the 2018 Act, as amended by the 2025 Act, concerning the processing of personal data for scientific or historical research, archiving in the public interest or statistical purposes and required safeguards.

Regulations 10, 11, 16 and 17 insert references to the new offence under section 148C of the 2018 Act into certain companies legislation.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.