Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:45 pm on 10 February 2026.
Graham Stringer
Labour, Blackley and Middleton South
With this it will be convenient to discuss clauses 60 and 61.
Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
I will speak to clauses 59, 60 and 61 in turn. Clause 59 clarifies that the Bill’s provisions apply to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. That is consistent with the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018.
Effective implementation is key to a successful regime. Clause 60 outlines the phased commencement timings of the provisions, ensuring that they commence at an appropriate time. Some of the provisions will commence upon Royal Assent, or two months after Royal Assent, allowing the Government to begin implementing the regime without delay. That includes powers for the Secretary of State to lay important secondary legislation required to operationalise some measures in the Bill upon Royal Assent, and the power to publish a statement of strategic priorities at month two. All remaining measures will be brought into force via regulations, allowing the Secretary of State to sequence implementation in a way that is practical and proportionate, allowing for transitional arrangements and business adjustments. That also allows sufficient time for the implementing regulations to be made and scrutinised, and is required to make operational and implement the new, stronger framework.
Clause 61 clarifies that the Bill can be referred to as the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Act 2026 once passed.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
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