Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 880
Exiting The European Union
Consumer Protection
Enforcement
Provision Of Services
The Geo-Blocking Regulation (Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
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.
Citation and commencement
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.
Revocation of Regulation (EU) No. 2018/302
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 is revoked. Directive 2009/22/EC
Consequential provision
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