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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/internet-domain-registry-prescribed-practices-and-prescribed-requirements-regulations-2024/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/1049",
  "legislation_title": "The Internet Domain Registry (Prescribed Practices and Prescribed Requirements) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/internet-domain-registry-prescribed-practices-and-prescribed-requirements-regulations-2024",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations set out the prescribed practices and prescribed requirements relating to the consideration of whether there is a relevant failure in relation to a qualifying internet domain registry for the purposes of section 124O of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) (“the 2003 Act”) (notification of failure in relation to internet domain registry). “Qualifying internet domain registry” is defined in section 124O(7).\nSection 124O of the 2003 Act sets out that the Secretary of State must provide a notification to a qualifying internet domain registry if the Secretary of State is satisfied that a serious relevant failure in relation to that registry is taking place or has taken place and the Secretary of State wishes to exercise the powers under section 124P (appointment of manager of internet domain registry) or 124R (functions of manager etc).\nSection 124O(3) sets out the circumstances in which there is a relevant failure in relation to a qualifying internet domain registry. For the purposes of subsection (3), these Regulations prescribe the—\n(a) practices that are unfair or involve the misuse of internet domain names (regulation 2), and\n(b) requirements for the arrangements made by the registry for dealing with complaints in connection with internet domain names (regulation 3).\nSection 124O(4) sets out when a relevant failure is serious.\nThese Regulations ensure that the UK remains compliant with paragraph 1(a) of Article 18:28 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is available at: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Trade-agreements/TPP/Text-ENGLISH/18.-Intellectual-Property-Chapter.pdf. A copy of this can be requested from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary sector or community bodies is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1049/note",
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  "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."
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