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Made under: European Communities Act 1972
Enforced by: ICO, CMA, Trading Standards
Status: In Force
Penalty ceiling: Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator4 Any Person1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts

Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 203 duties

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 121 duties

Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 112 duties

Space Industry Regulations 2021 76 duties

Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 66 duties

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 184 duties

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 144 duties

Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 104 duties

Communications Act 2003 92 duties

Road Traffic Act 1988 92 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.006 General information to be provided by a person providing an information society service Regulated

Provide business identification and contact details on your websiteAny Person

s.007 Commercial communications Regulated

Ensure marketing and promotional offers are clearly identifiedOperator

s.008 Unsolicited commercial communications Regulated

Label unsolicited marketing emails clearlyOperator

s.013 Liability of the service provider Regulated

You are liable for damages if you breach specific e-commerce rulesOperator

s.014 Compliance with Regulation 9(3) Regulated

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Courts may order you to provide contract information and order acknowledgmentsTribunal / Court

s.015 Right to rescind contract Regulated

Allow customers to correct input errors before placing ordersOperator

17 other provisions — procedural and definitional

s.001 Citation and commencement

s.002 Interpretation

s.003 Exclusions

s.004 Non-UK service providers – restriction on application of requirements

s.005 Derogations from Regulation 4

s.009 Information to be provided where contracts are concluded by electronic means

s.010 Other information requirements

s.011 Placing of the order

s.012 Meaning of the term “order”

s.016 Amendments to the Stop Now Orders (E.C. Directive) Regulations 2001

s.017 Mere conduit

s.018 Caching

s.019 Hosting

s.020 Protection of rights

s.021 Defence in Criminal Proceedings: burden of proof

s.022 Notice for the purposes of actual knowledge

s.(unknown) (unknown)

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Connected legislation

The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.

The Conservation of Habitats and Species and Planning (Various Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 SI 2018

Agency Workers Regulations 2010 SI 2010

Air Quality Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2010 SI 2010 Scottish Statutory Instrument

Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 SI 2013

Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 SI 2003

Eels (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 SI 2011

Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2013 SI 2013

Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 SI 2007

Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 SI 2011

Road Vehicles (Approval) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 SI 2021

The Biocidal Products and Chemicals (Appointment of Authorities and Enforcement) Regulations 2013 SI 2013/1506

The Borough of Weymouth and Portland (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2003 SI 2003

The Children (Protection at Work) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 SI 2000

The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014 SI 2014

The Credit Rating Agencies (Amendment) Regulations 2011 SI 2011/1435

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) Regulations 1999 SI 1999/1783

The Genetically Modified Organisms (Contained Use) Regulations 2014 SI 2014/1663

The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Passengers by Sea) Regulations 2012 SI 2012/3152

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 SI 2018/1396

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.