# Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (United Kingdom) — Section 142(1) — effective on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint

For Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (United Kingdom), provision stating the date is Section 142(1); effective date is on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint; what it applies to is this Act, recorded from its source on 2026-09-08.

- **Jurisdiction:** United Kingdom _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Instrument:** Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Provision stating the date:** Section 142(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Effective date:** on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What it applies to:** this Act _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> (1) Except as provided by subsections (2) to (4), this Act comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Instrument

> Data (Use and Access) Act 2025

## Source

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/18/section/142

Last verified: 2026-09-08. Review by: 2026-10-23.
Part of [AI law and regulation effective dates by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/ai-regulation-effective-dates/).