Section 7(4)

In relation to an interface body (whether or not it is required to be set up by regulations under section 2 or 4), the regulations may— make provision about the body’s composition and governance; make provision requiring a data holder or a third party recipient to provide, or arrange for, assistance for the body; impose other requirements relating to the body on a person who is required to set it up or to provide, or arrange for, assistance for the body; make provision requiring the body to carry on all or part of a task described in subsection (1); make provision requiring the body to do other things in connection with its interface, interface standards or interface arrangements; make provision about how the body carries out its functions (such as, for example, provision about the body’s objectives or matters to be taken into account by the body); confer powers on the body for the purpose of monitoring use of its interface, interface standards or interface arrangements (“monitoring powers”) (and see section 8 for provision about enforcement of requirements imposed in exercise of those powers); make provision for the body to arrange for its monitoring powers to be exercised by another person; make provision about the rights of persons affected by the exercise of the body’s functions under the regulations, including (among other things)— provision about the review of decisions made in exercise of those functions; provision about appeals to a court or tribunal; make provision about complaints, including provision requiring the body to implement procedures for the handling of complaints; make provision enabling or requiring the body to publish, or provide to a specified person, specified documents or information relating to its interface, interface standards or interface arrangements; make provision enabling or requiring the body to produce guidance about how it proposes to exercise its functions under the regulations, to publish the guidance and to provide copies to specified persons.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04