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

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Amendment of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018

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4.—(1) The Electronic Commerce Directive (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and extent), for paragraph (2), substitute—

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations extend to the United Kingdom..

(3) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (1), omit the definition of “extreme pornography offence”;

(b)in paragraph (2)(a)—

(i)omit “in a particular part of the United Kingdom or”;

(ii)omit “other than the United Kingdom”;

(iii)omit “that part of the United Kingdom or”;

(iv)after “is a national of”, insert “the United Kingdom or”;

(c)after paragraph (2), insert—

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a)—

(a)“a national of the United Kingdom” means—

(i)a British citizen;

(ii)a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who has a right of abode in the United Kingdom; or

(iii)a person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of a connection with Gibraltar;

(b)Article 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is to be read as if the United Kingdom were a member State..

(4) Omit regulation 3 (internal market – service providers established in Scotland).

(5) Omit regulation 4 (internal market – service providers established in England and Wales).

(6) Omit regulation 5 (internal market – service providers established in Northern Ireland).

(7) In regulation 6 (non-UK service providers – restriction on institution of proceedings), in paragraph (5), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

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