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# The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 31 (C. 4)
CRIMINAL LAW
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026
Made
15th January 2026
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 {#regulation-1}

These Regulations may be cited as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026.

## 2 Commencement {#regulation-2}

Section 138 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult) comes into force on 6th February 2026.