PART 1 Introduction

Citation and commencement _I1

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 and come into force 21 days after the day on which they are made.

Extent _I2

2. —(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

(2) Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.

PART 2 Amendment of primary legislation

Amendment of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 _I3

3. In Schedule 1A (prohibition on publication of certain matters: providers of information society services) to the Children and Young Persons Act 1933( 2 ), omit—

(a) paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b) paragraph 2 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(c) in paragraph 6 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (6).

Amendment of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 _I4

4. In Schedule 2A (restriction of reporting of criminal proceedings for lifetime of witnesses and victims under 18: providers of information society services) to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999( 3 ), omit—

(a) paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b) paragraph 2 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(c) in paragraph 6 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (5).

Amendment of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 _I5

5. In Schedule 1 (anonymity of victims) to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003( 4 ), omit—

(a) paragraph 4 (special rules for providers of information society services);

(b) paragraph 5 (special rules for providers of information society services);

(c) in paragraph 9 (interpretation), in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) the definition of “domestic service provider”;

(ii) the definition of “non-UK service provider”;

(d) in paragraph 9 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (3).

Amendment of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 _I6

6. In Schedule 14 (special rules relating to providers of information society services) to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008( 5 ), omit—

(a) paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability)( 6 );

(b) paragraph 2 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings); and

(c) in paragraph 6 (interpretation)( 7 ), sub-paragraph (6).

Amendment of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 _I7

7. —(1) Schedule 12 (encouraging or assisting suicide: providers of information society services) to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009( 8 ), is amended as follows—

(a) omit paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b) omit paragraph 2 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(c) omit paragraph 3 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(d) in paragraph 7 (interpretation), for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“ (2) “Relevant offence” means an offence under—

(a) section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 (c.60) (criminal liability for complicity in another’s suicide), or

(b) section 13 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20 (N.I.)) (criminal liability for complicity in another’s suicide). ” ;

(e) in paragraph 7 (interpretation), omit sub-paragraph (6).

(2) In Schedule 13 (prohibited images: providers of information society services) to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, omit—

(a) paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b) paragraph 2 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(c) in paragraph 6 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (6).

Amendment of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

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Amendment of the Serious Crime Act 2015 _I8

9. In Schedule 3 (paedophile manuals: providers of information society services) to the Serious Crime Act 2015( 9 ), omit—

(a) in paragraph 1 (interpretation)—

(i) sub-paragraph (6);

(ii) sub-paragraph (7);

(iii) sub-paragraph (8);

(b) paragraph 2 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(c) paragraph 3 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings).

PART 3 Amendment of subordinate legislation

Amendment of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Hatred against Persons on Religious Grounds or the Grounds of Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2010 _I9

10. In the Electronic Commerce Directive (Hatred against Persons on Religious Grounds or the Grounds of Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2010( 10 ), omit—

(a) in regulation 2 (interpretation), paragraph (2);

(b) regulation 3 (internal market: England and Wales service providers);

(c) regulation 4 (internal market: non-UK service providers).