{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-for-electronic-transactions-regulations-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-for-electronic-transactions-regulations-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/696",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-identification-and-trust-services-for-electronic-transactions-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Schedule 15 has effect as if paragraph 3 were omitted.\n(2) Paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule (issue of warrants in connection with non-compliance and offences) has effect as if for paragraph (a) (but not the final “and”) there were substituted—\n“(a) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that—\n(i) a trust service provider has failed or is failing to comply with the eIDAS requirements, or\n(ii) an offence under section 144 , 148 or 148C or paragraph 15 of Schedule 15 has been or is being committed,”.\n(3) Paragraph 2 of that Schedule (issue of warrants in connection with assessment notices) has effect as if—\n(a) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for “controller or processor” there were substituted “ trust service provider ”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for “the data protection legislation” there were substituted “ the eIDAS requirements ”.\n(4) Paragraph 5 of that Schedule (content of warrants) has effect as if—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(c), for “the processing of personal data” there were substituted “ the provision of trust services ”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(d)—\n(i) for “controller or processor” there were substituted “ trust service provider ”;\n(ii) for “as described in section 149(2)” there were substituted “ to comply with the eIDAS requirements ”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (d)—\n(i) for “controller or processor” there were substituted “ trust service provider ”;\n(ii) for “the data protection legislation” there were substituted “ the eIDAS requirements ”.\n(5) Paragraph 11 of that Schedule (privileged communications) has effect as if, in sub-paragraphs (1)(b) and (2)(b), for “the data protection legislation” there were substituted “ the eIDAS Regulation or the EITSET Regulations ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 substituted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 406 (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g) (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 12(2) substituted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 105(7), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(u)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/696/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:22.032154+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}