The Electronic Communications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 611/2013 U.K.

4.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 611/2013 on the measures applicable to the notification of personal data breaches under Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on privacy and electronic communications is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a) in the heading, for “competent national authority” substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(b) in paragraph 1, for “competent national authority” substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(c) in paragraph 2, for “competent national authority” (in both places) substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(d) in paragraph 3, for “competent national authority” (in each place it occurs) substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) for “competent national authority” substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(ii) for “Member State concerned” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(iii) omit the final sentence;

(f) omit paragraph 5.

(3) In Article 3—

(a) in paragraph 3, for “competent national authority” substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(b) in paragraph 5, for “competent national authority” (in both places) substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(c) in paragraph 7, for “, in the relevant Member States,” substitute “ in the United Kingdom ”.

(4) In Article 4—

(a) in paragraph 1, for “competent national authority” substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(b) omit paragraph 3.

(5) Omit Article 6.

(6) Omit the sentence following Article 7.

(7) In Annex 1—

(a) in the heading, for “competent national authority” substitute “ Information Commissioner ”;

(b) omit points 16 and 17 (and the italic heading before them).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)