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Statutory Instruments
Exiting The European Union
Consumer Protection
Enforcement
Provision Of Services
Made
18th April 2019
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(1).
In accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the later of—
(a)exit day; or
(b)21 days after the day on which they are made.
2. Regulation (EU) No. 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulations (EC) No. 2006/2004 and (EU) 2017/2394 and Directive 2009/22/EC is revoked.
3. The Geo-Blocking (Enforcement) Regulations 2018(2) are revoked.
Henley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
18th April 2019
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies (in particular, under paragraph (a) of section 8(2)) arising from the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union.
These Regulations make amendments to legislation in the field of geo-blocking and, in particular, revoke Regulation (EU) No. 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market.
An impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no or no significant impact on the private, public and voluntary sectors.
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