# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 8: Enforcement

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The regulations may make provision for or in connection with the enforcement of requirements imposed on providers of internet services and internet access services (“providers”) by or under the regulations.
(2) The regulations may include provision conferring functions on one or more persons specified in the regulations (each of whom is an “enforcement authority”).
(3) The persons who may be specified in the regulations include the registrar and the Secretary of State.
(4) The functions which may be conferred on an enforcement authority include—
(a) powers to require providers to provide information to the enforcement authority;
(b) powers to impose monetary penalties on providers for failure to comply with requirements;
(c) powers to issue notices (“compliance notices”) requiring providers to take steps specified in the notice for the purposes of complying with, or remedying a failure to comply with, a requirement.
(5) If the regulations provide for the imposition of monetary penalties they must provide—
(a) that a penalty (or, where more than one penalty is imposed in respect of a failure, those penalties taken together) may not exceed a maximum amount specified in the regulations (which may not be more than £3 million);
(b) for the amount of a penalty imposed on a provider to be appropriate and proportionate, having regard to—
(i) the failure to comply in respect of which it is imposed;
(ii) any penalties previously imposed on the provider in respect of that failure or other failures;
(iii) the size and financial resources of the provider.
(6) The regulations may provide for requirements imposed by a compliance notice to be enforceable, on the application of the enforcement authority, by injunction.
(7) The regulations—
(a) must make provision for appeals against the imposition of a monetary penalty and the issue of a compliance notice (if they provide for those things);
(b) may make provision for appeals against other decisions of an enforcement authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/14/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-14/paragraph-8
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