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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring into force the remaining provisions of Part 4 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) (“the 2018 Act”), which relates to data processing by the Intelligence Services, so far as they were not already in force.

Part 4 of the 2018 Act was brought into force on 25th May 2018 by the Data Protection Act 2018 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/625), with the exception of the sections specified in regulation 2 of these Regulations.

Section 212(2)(f) of the 2018 Act brought into force on 23rd May 2018 any provision of the 2018 Act so far as it conferred powers to make regulations or Tribunal Procedure Rules or it was otherwise necessary to enable the exercise of such a power.