{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-commerce-directive-trafficking-people-for-exploitation-regulations-2013/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-commerce-directive-trafficking-people-for-exploitation-regulations-2013/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111533680",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-electronic-commerce-directive-trafficking-people-for-exploitation-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Internal market: non-UK service providers",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a service provider is established in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom (a “non-UK service provider”).\n(2) Proceedings for a relevant offence shall not be instituted against a non-UK service provider in respect of anything done in the course of provision of information society services unless the derogation condition is satisfied.\n(3) The derogation condition is satisfied where the institution of proceedings—\n(a) is necessary for the purposes of the public interest objective;\n(b) relates to an information society service that prejudices that objective or presents a serious and grave risk of prejudice to it; and\n(c) is proportionate to that objective.\n(4) The public interest objective means the pursuit of public policy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111533680/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:31.937878+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}