Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 148
UNSOLICITED GOODS AND SERVICES
The Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) Regulations 2005
Made
12th January 2005
Laid before Parliament
31st January 2005
Coming into force
6th April 2005
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated( 1 ) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972( 2 ) in relation to measures relating to information society services and electronic communications, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by that section, makes the following Regulations:
Citation, Commencement and Extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force immediately after the Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directories Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2005( 3 ) comes into force.
(2) These Regulations do not extend to Northern Ireland.
Amendment to the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971
2. In section 3(3)(a) of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971( 4 ) (orders for entries), for the words “and bearing, in print,” substitute—
“ ,which may be sent electronically but which must bear ” .
Gerry Sutcliffe
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumers and Postal Services
Department of Trade and Industry
12th January 2005
1971 c. 30 , as amended by the Regulatory Reform (Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971) (Directories Entries and Demands for Payment) Order 2005.