The Extreme Pornography (Electronic Commerce Directive) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
These Regulations give effect to 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”) in relation to the offence of possessing an extreme pornographic image. This offence is contained in section 51A of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (“section 51A of the 1982 Act”).