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These Regulations may be cited as the Electronic Commerce Directive (Financial Services and Markets) (Amendment) Regulations 2002, and come into force on 21 August 2002.
2 
The Electronic Commerce Directive (Financial Services and Markets) Regulations 2002 are amended by inserting, after regulation 18—“
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(1) Regulation 4(1) of the general regulations does not affect any legal requirement imposed by or under the 2000 Act or these Regulations.
(2) Regulation 4(2) and (3) of the general regulations do not apply to the Authority or any enforcement authority in respect of its responsibility in relation to a requirement of the kind mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3) A rule that corresponds to a relevant regulation applies instead of that regulation.
(4) The reference in regulation 22(a) of the general regulations to regulation 6(1)(c) of those regulations is to be taken to include a reference to a provision in a rule that corresponds to regulation 6(1)(c) (and so applies in its stead by virtue of paragraph (3)).
(5) In this regulation—
 “enforcement authority” has the same meaning as in the general regulations;
 “general regulations” means the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002;
 “relevant regulation” means regulation 6 to 9, 11 or 15 of the general regulations.”.
John Heppell
Jim Fitzpatrick
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
31st July 2002