Regulation 5 Online marketplacesI1

the requirements that are imposed by the 1972 Act, by these Regulations, and by the 2015 Regulations, in relation to the supply of regulated substances and reportable substances; and

the offences that apply in respect of a failure to comply with the requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (a).

take all reasonably practicable measures to identify any relevant transaction that a supplier makes or proposes to make using the online marketplace, that would give the operator reasonable grounds for believing the transaction to be suspicious; and

report a relevant transaction if the operator has reasonable grounds for believing that transaction to be suspicious.

“online marketplace” means any software (including a website, part of a website, or an application) through which persons other than the operator are able to sell goods (whether or not the operator also does so);

“operator” means the person who controls access to, and the contents of, the online marketplace;

“relevant transaction” has the meaning given by section 3C(2) of the 1972 Act;

whether or not a relevant transaction is suspicious is to be construed in accordance section 3C(3) and (4) of the 1972 Act;

a duty to report a relevant transaction is a duty to give notice of it to the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 6.