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PECR – The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2426) – Regulation 6A – Power to provide exceptions to regulation 6(1)

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Regulation 6A[F1Power to provide exceptions to regulation 6(1)

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument—
  • (a)
    amend these Regulations—
    • (i)
      by adding an exception to the prohibition in regulation 6(1), or
    • (ii)
      by omitting or varying an exception to that prohibition, and
  • (b)
    make consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision, including provision amending these Regulations.
(2) Regulations under paragraph (1) may make different provision for different purposes.
(3) Before making regulations under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must consult—
  • (a)
    the Information Commissioner, and
  • (b)
    such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under paragraph (1) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]

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. 6A(3)(a): words substituted by S.I. 2026/386, Sch. 3, para. 6(3), para. 6(4)(c); 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. 6A 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), ss. 112(3), 142(1)(2)(h) (with s. 112(5)); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(w)

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Text as at 19 September 2026.

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