PECRUK · S.I. 2003/2426
Digiphile
PECR – The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2426) – Regulation 31 – Information Commissioner’s enforcement powers

Regulations

Regulation 31[F1Information Commissioner’s enforcement powers

(1) Schedule 1 provides for certain provisions of Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 to apply with modifications for the purposes of enforcing these Regulations.
(2) In regulations 32 and 33, “enforcement functions” means the functions of the Information Commissioner under those provisions, as applied by that Schedule.]

Amended text

This Regulation is shown as amended by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), among other instruments (see the annotations below) (commenced provisions as at 19 September 2026, ELI), as incorporated in the text in force on 19 September 2026 as published on legislation.gov.uk.

Amendment in force, not yet in the text

The following amendment(s) to this Regulation are now in force, but legislation.gov.uk had not incorporated them in the text in force on 19 September 2026 that this page reproduces, so the text above does not yet show them:

  • reg. 31 heading: words substituted by S.I. 2026/386, Sch. 3, para. 6(3), para. 6(4)(g)(i); commencement: reg. 1(2)
  • reg. 31(2): words substituted by S.I. 2026/386, Sch. 3, para. 6(3), para. 6(4)(g)(ii); commencement: reg. 1(2)

Note: S.I. 2026/386 came into force on 30 September 2026 (reg. 1(2)), when section 119 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 was fully brought into force by S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2.

Annotations

Textual Amendments

  1. F1 Reg. 31 substituted (5.2.2026) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 115(5), 142(1); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(y) (with regs. 8-11)

https://pecr.digiphile.law/article/article-31.html

Text as at 19 September 2026.

This is an unofficial convenience version of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR). It is presented “as is” without guarantee of accuracy, completeness or reliability. See the source text for the official version. This site was last updated in September 2026.

Type to search the full text.