Part 5: Territorial application
Territorial application of the regulatory framework 113. Our AI regulation framework applies to the whole of the UK. AI is used in various sectors and impacts on a wide range of policy areas, some of which are reserved and some of which are devolved. We will continue to consider any devolution impacts of AI regulation as the policy develops and in advance of any legislative action. Some regulators share remits with their counterparts in the devolved administrations. Our framework, to be initially set out on a non-statutory basis, will not alter the current territorial arrangement of AI policy. We will rely on the interactions with existing legislation on reserved matters, such as the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Equality Act 2010, to implement our framework. 114. We will continue to engage devolved administrations, businesses, and members of the public from across the UK to ensure that every part of the country benefits from our pro-innovation approach. We will, for example, convene the devolved administrations for views on the functions we expect the government to perform and on the potential implications of introducing a statutory duty on regulators to have due regard to the principles.
5.2 Extraterritorial application of the regulatory framework 115. While we expect our principles-based approach to influence the global conversation on AI governance, we are not currently proposing the introduction of new legal requirements. Our framework will not therefore change the territorial applicability of existing legislation relevant to AI (including, for example, data protection legislation).