Article 49A Restriction in the public interestF1

The Secretary of State may by regulations restrict the transfer of a category of personal data to a third country or international organisation where—

(a)

the transfer is not approved by regulations under Article 45A for the time being in force, and

(b)

the Secretary of State considers the restriction to be necessary for important reasons of public interest.

Regulations under this Article—

(a)

are subject to the made affirmative resolution procedure where the Secretary of State has made an urgency statement in respect of them;

(b)

otherwise, are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

For the purposes of this Article, an urgency statement is a reasoned statement that the Secretary of State considers it desirable for the regulations to come into force without delay.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 49A inserted (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 5.2.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), s. 142(1)(2)(h), Sch. 7 para. 10; S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(z9)

Notes on the whole EU Regulation

Textual amendments

F1: Regulation title amended (31.12.2020) by The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/419), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2 (with reg. 5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)