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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-directive-adoption-and-children-act-2002-regulations-2005/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3222",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Commerce Directive (Adoption and Children Act 2002) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-directive-adoption-and-children-act-2002-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Adoption and Children Act 2002;\n...\n...\n...\n...\n“electronic commerce directive” means 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 (Directive on electronic commerce);\n...\n...\n“information society service” means an information society service within the meaning of article 2(a) of the electronic commerce directive;\n...\n“recipient of the service” means any natural or legal person who, for professional ends or otherwise, uses an information society service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible; and\n...\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) the responsible authorities are—\n(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(ii) in relation to Wales, the National Assembly for Wales;\n(iii) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;\n(iv) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety;\n(v) in relation to England, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills; and\n(vi) in relation to Scotland, Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(vi)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(vii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a)(viii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2)(a) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2)(b) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2)(c) omitted (3.3.2021) by virtue of The Electronic Commerce Directive (Education, Adoption and Children) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/222), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(2)(d)(v) substituted (1.4.2007) by The Education and Inspections Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/603), regs. 1, 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(2)(d)(vi) substituted (28.10.2011) by The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications of Enactments) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2581), art. 1(2)(b), Sch. 2 para. 50"
    }
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  "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."
}