Regulation 8 Transitional provision relating to section 115 and Schedule 13 (Commissioner’s enforcement powers): investigatory powers

On or after 5th February 2026, the Commissioner may exercise any investigatory powers applied to the PEC Regulations by regulation 31^f1 (as substituted by section 115(5) of the 2025 Act), regardless of when the conduct to which the exercise of that power relates occurred.

Paragraph (1) does not authorise the imposition of any enforcement sanction in respect of an act or omission occurring before 5th February 2026 (see the availability of enforcement sanctions in regulation 11).