Scottish Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 137

Criminal Law

Electronic Communications

The Extreme Pornography (Electronic Commerce Directive) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Made

21st February 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

23rd February 2011

Coming into force

28th March 2011

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Marginal Citations

M11972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7). The functions conferred on a Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, insofar as within devolved competence, were transferred to Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.