United KingdomData (Use and Access) Act 2025, copyright and AI economic impact assessment and report
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, c. 18, ss. 135 to 137
In force since .
A copyright and text and data mining (TDM) rule binding government bodies.
- Audit expectation
- none
As of .
What it requires
- The Secretary of State must prepare and publish an assessment of the economic impact of the four copyright-and-AI policy options in the December 2024 consultation paper, and lay it before Parliament, within 9 months of (section 135); the section places no duty on a crawler operator or model developer.
- The Secretary of State must publish and lay before Parliament a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems, within 9 months of , that considers and makes proposals on technical measures and standards controlling access to copyright works for that purpose (for example by web crawlers), disclosure by AI developers of how they access works, licensing, and enforcement (section 136).
- The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament, within 6 months of , a statement of progress towards the assessment and the report, unless both have already been published (section 137).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Sections 135 to 137 bind only the Secretary of State and require no log, record or disclosure from a crawler operator or model developer. Section 136(3)(c) makes disclosure by AI developers of how they access works a subject for the report to consider, which is a topic for proposals and not a duty on any developer.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Sections 135 to 137 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 bind only the Secretary of State. Section 135 required an economic impact assessment of the four policy options in the government's December 2024 consultation on copyright and AI, section 136 required a report on the use of copyright works in the development of AI systems, and section 137 required a progress statement to Parliament unless both had already been published within six months.
Section 136(3) directs the report to consider and make proposals on technical measures and standards that control how copyright works are accessed for AI development (for example by web crawlers), on disclosure by AI developers of how they access works, on licensing, and on enforcement. The sections create no duty, exception or liability for a crawler operator or model developer.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app crawls the web or trains models.