Enabling power: European Communities Act 1972, s. 2 (2). Issued: 09.08.2002. Made: 30.07.2002. Laid: 31.07.2002. Coming into force: 23.10.2002. for reg.16 & 21.08.2002. for remainder. Effect: S.I. 2001/1422 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General. EC note: Implements arts. 3, 5, 6, 7 (1), 10 to 14, 18 (2), 20 of Directive 2000/31/EC on certain legal aspects of information society services in particular electronic commerce in the internal market. These Regs should be read with S.I. 2002/1775, 2002/1776, 2002/2015, and 2157. They make parallel provisions in those areas subject to regulation by the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

This is an easy-to-read, jargon-busting guide to the legal issues affecting UK online business. The book deals with the E-Commerce Regulations (EC Directive) 2002 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

This collection of essays by well known specialists in e-commerce and Internet law, drawn from both academe and practice, analyses recent crucial legislation which has created, for the first time, a legal regime governing European electronic commerce. The central focus is on the European Electronic Commerce Directive and its implementation in the UK since August 2002. The E-Commerce Directive develops a distinctive European strategy for regulating and promoting on-line business and the information society. Areas of the Directive analysed include contracting on-line, Internet service provider liability, consumer privacy including spam and 'cookies', country of origin regulation, and on-line alternative dispute resolution (ODR). Further chapters move beyond the Directive to discuss other important new laws in this domain, including the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive, the Distance Selling Directives, the Electronic Money Directive, the Lawful Business regulations on employee surveillance, the disability discrimination rules affecting websites and the extension of VAT to on-line transactions. Both the European framework and the rules as implemented in the UK are examined and critiqued for how well they meet the needs of business and consumers.

Enabling power: European Communities Act 1972, s. 2 (2). Issued: 06.10.2003. Made: 29.09.2003. Laid: 03.10.2003. Coming into force: 31.10.2003 in accord. with reg. 1 (2). Effect: S.I. 2002/2013 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General. EC note: S.I. 2002/2013 transposed into national law provisions of DIR 2000/31/EC. However, reg. 3 (2) of the 2002 Regs. provides that those Regs. do not apply in relation to any Act passed after the date on which they were made, or in exercise of a power to legislate after that date (30th July 2002). This means that the 2002 Regs. lack prospective effect. S.I. 2003/2500 ensures that the 2002 Regs. apply to the legislation that was amended by S.I. 2003/2498. These Regs. also apply the 2002 regs. to S.I. 2003/773 and 2003/774. (All the relevant legislation is listed in the Schedule to S.I. 2003/2500)

Enabling power: European Communities Act 1972, s. 2 (2). Issued: 20.09.2002. Made: 31.07.2002. Laid: 31.07.2002. Coming into force: 21.08.2002. Effect: S.I. 2002/1775 amended. Territorial extent & classification: E/W/S/NI. General. EC note: These Regs. amend S.I. 2002/1755 ("the principal regulations") to take account of the enactment of S.I. 2002/2013 ("the general regulations"). The principal regs. give effect to DIR 2000/31/EC (the Electronic Commerce Directive) in respect of matters within the scope of regulation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The general regs. give effect to the Directive in other areas. The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that the two sets of regs. do not overlap