Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 1153
Enforcement
The Geo-Blocking (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
Made
6th November 2018
Laid before Parliament
12th November 2018
Coming into force
3rd December 2018
The Secretary of State has been designated(1) for the purposes of making Regulations under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination in the context of trade in goods and services, where such discrimination is based on customers’ nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market.
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 210(9) of the Enterprise Act 2002(3), makes the following Regulations:
1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
2002 c. 40. Section 210 was amended by S.I. 2006/3363 and S.I. 2011/1043.