The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) (Extension) Regulations 2003
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2013) (“the E-Commerce Regulations”) transpose into national law Articles 3, 5, 6, 7(1), 10 to 14, 18(2) and 20 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8th June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce) (“the Directive”). However, Regulation 3(2) of the E-Commerce Regulations provides that those Regulations do not apply in relation to any Act passed on or 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 E-Commerce Regulations lack prospective effect.