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The Criminal Justice (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 in Scotland

S.I. 2021/835 · Made 8 July 2021 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Exiting The European Union

Criminal Law

Criminal Procedure

Electronic Communications

Made 8th July 2021

Coming into force 29th July 2021

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1.

In accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2018 c. 16.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introduction
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. 2Extent
  4. Part 2: Amendment of primary legislation
  5. 4Amendment of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999
  6. Part 3: Amendment of subordinate legislation
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 and come into force 21 days after the day on which they are made.

2ExtentI1

(1)

Except as provided in paragraph (2), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(2)

Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.

4Amendment of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999I1

In Schedule 2A (restriction of reporting of criminal proceedings for lifetime of witnesses and victims under 18: providers of information society services) to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999f1, omit—

(a)

paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b)

paragraph 2 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(c)

in paragraph 6 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (5).

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Justice

David Wolfson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

8th July 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies, arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.

These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of criminal justice, and in particular amend legislation relating to the Country of Origin principle for electronic commerce as established by Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market. Part 2 amends primary legislation and Part 3 amends subordinate legislation.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.