{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2999",
  "legislation_title": "The Provision of Services Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/provision-of-services-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Relationship with other requirements",
  "text": "(1) A requirement imposed by Part 2 ... or 6 of these Regulations on a competent authority or a provider of a service does not apply if, or to the extent that, the competent authority or provider cannot comply both with that requirement and with a requirement to which this paragraph applies.\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a requirement imposed by—\n(a) a provision of an enactment other than assimilated direct legislation, where—\n(i) the provision relates to specific aspects of access to, or the exercise of, a service activity,\n(ii) immediately before IP completion day, the provision implemented an EU obligation, and\n(iii) the enactment is passed or made before the day on which these Regulations are made, or\n(b) a provision of assimilated direct legislation, where—\n(i) the provision relates to specific aspects of access to, or the exercise of, a service activity, and\n(ii) immediately before IP completion day, the provision was contained in an EU instrument that came into force before these Regulations were made.\n(3) A requirement imposed by Part 3 ... of these Regulations on a competent authority does not apply if, or to the extent that, the competent authority cannot comply both with that requirement and with a requirement to which this paragraph applies.\n(4) Paragraph (3) applies to a requirement imposed by—\n(a) a provision of an enactment other than assimilated direct legislation, where—\n(i) the provision relates to specific aspects of access to, or the exercise of, a service activity, and\n(ii) the enactment is passed or made before the day on which these Regulations are made, or\n(b) a provision of assimilated direct legislation, where—\n(i) the provision relates to specific aspects of access to, or the exercise of, a service activity, and\n(ii) immediately before IP completion day, the provision was contained in an EU instrument that came into force before these Regulations were made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(1); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2)(a) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 6(2)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(b) (as amended by The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1038), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2)(b) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 6(2)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(2)(d) (as amended by The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1038), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(4)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(4)(a) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(4)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(4)(b) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Reg. 6(4)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Provision of Services (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1329), regs. 1(1), 6(4)(c) (as amended by The Professional Qualifications and Services (Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1038), regs. 1(3), 3(2)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2999/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:01:49.899965+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."
}