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Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 1775

FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

The Electronic Commerce Directive (Financial Services and Markets) Regulations 2002

Made

12th July 2002

Laid before Parliament

12th July 2002

Coming into force

in accordance with regulation 1

The Treasury, being a government department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to information society services, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, and the powers conferred by sections 349(1), 414 and 428(3) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(3), hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

S.I. 2001/3495.

(2)

1972 c. 68. By virtue of the amendment of s. 1(2) made by s. 1 of the European Economic Area Act 1993 (c. 51) regulations may be made under s. 2(2) to implement obligations of the United Kingdom created by or arising under the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 (Cm 2073) and the Protocol adjusting the Agreement signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993 (Cm 2183).