Part 2: UK Market Access: Services UK Market Access: Services Section 20: Direct discrimination in the regulation of services
This section sets out provision for direct discrimination in the regulation of services.
	Subsection (1) sets out that any regulatory requirement that directly discriminates against a service provider will be of no effect in relation to that service provider.
	Subsection (2) provides the test for when a regulatory requirement will directly discriminate against a service provider for the purposes of this section. It will be discriminatory if it treats, or has the effect of treating, the service provider less favourably because the service provider has a relevant connection, or lacks a relevant connection, to a part of the UK.
	Subsection (3) provides that a regulatory requirement will not directly discriminate against a service provider to the extent that it can be reasonably justified in response to a public health emergency.
	Subsection (4) provides the circumstances under which a services provider is considered to have a relevant connection to a part of the UK, for the purposes of section 20. These are:
a registered office, place of business or residence in the part of the UK;
that it provides services from that part of the UK; or
that it has members, partners, officers or staff with a registered office, place of business or residence in that part of the UK.