{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-regulations-2002/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-regulations-2002/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2013",
  "legislation_title": "The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electronic-commerce-ec-directive-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Protection of rights",
  "text": "(1) Nothing in regulations 17, 18 and 19 shall—\n(a) prevent a person agreeing different contractual terms; or\n(b) affect the rights of any party to apply to a court for relief to prevent or stop infringement of any rights.\n(2) Any power of an administrative authority to prevent or stop infringement of any rights shall continue to apply notwithstanding regulations 17, 18 and 19.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regs. 17-20 applied (31.7.2017 for specified purposes) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 14(5), 118(6) (with s. 30(3)); S.I. 2017/765, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2013/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:51:16.277351+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."
}