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Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

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29 Supplementary codes

(1) The Secretary of State may prepare and publish one or more sets of rules concerning the provision of digital verification services which supplement the DVS trust framework. (2) In this Part, a set of rules published under subsection (1) is referred to as a supplementary code. (3) Those rules may include (among other things) rules relating to, and to the conduct of, a person who provides such services; and in this Part references to a person providing services in accordance with a supplementary code (however expressed) include a person complying with such rules. (4) In preparing a set of rules, the Secretary of State must consult— (a) the Information Commission, and (b) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (5) The requirement in subsection (4) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before the coming into force of this section. (6) The Secretary of State may revise and republish a supplementary code (whether following a review under section 31 or otherwise). (7) A supplementary code, and any revised version of a supplementary code, must specify the time it comes into force (which must not be a time earlier than the time it is published). (8) A supplementary code, and any revised version of a supplementary code, may— (a) set out different rules for different digital verification services, (b) specify that provisions come into force at different times for different purposes, and (c) make transitional or saving provision. (9) Where the Secretary of State revises and republishes a supplementary code, the supplementary code (as revised) may provide that from a date, or from the end of a period, specified in the code a pre-revision certificate is required to be ignored for the purposes of sections 36(1)(a), 37(1)(c), 43(1)(c)and 44(1)(c). (10) In subsection (9), a “pre-revision certificate” means a certificate which— (a) certifies that digital verification services provided by the holder of the certificate are provided in accordance with the supplementary code, and (b) was issued before the time the relevant revision to the supplementary code comes into force. (11) Provision included in a supplementary code in reliance on subsection (9) may make different provision in relation to different descriptions of pre-revision certificate.

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29 Supplementary codes

(1) The Secretary of State may prepare and publish one or more sets of rules concerning the provision of digital verification services which supplement the DVS trust framework. (2) In this Part, a set of rules published under subsection (1) is referred to as a supplementary code. (3) Those rules may include (among other things) rules relating to, and to the conduct of, a person who provides such services; and in this Part references to a person providing services in accordance with a supplementary code (however expressed) include a person complying with such rules. (4) In preparing a set of rules, the Secretary of State must consult— (a) the Information Commission, and (b) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (5) The requirement in subsection (4) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before the coming into force of this section. (6) The Secretary of State may revise and republish a supplementary code (whether following a review under section 31 or otherwise). (7) A supplementary code, and any revised version of a supplementary code, must specify the time it comes into force (which must not be a time earlier than the time it is published). (8) A supplementary code, and any revised version of a supplementary code, may— (a) set out different rules for different digital verification services, (b) specify that provisions come into force at different times for different purposes, and (c) make transitional or saving provision. (9) Where the Secretary of State revises and republishes a supplementary code, the supplementary code (as revised) may provide that from a date, or from the end of a period, specified in the code a pre-revision certificate is required to be ignored for the purposes of sections 36(1)(a), 37(1)(c), 43(1)(c)and 44(1)(c). (10) In subsection (9), a “pre-revision certificate” means a certificate which— (a) certifies that digital verification services provided by the holder of the certificate are provided in accordance with the supplementary code, and (b) was issued before the time the relevant revision to the supplementary code comes into force. (11) Provision included in a supplementary code in reliance on subsection (9) may make different provision in relation to different descriptions of pre-revision certificate.

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