(1) The Electronic Commerce Directive (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2018 [S.I. 2018/477.] are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and extent), for paragraph (2), substitute -

"(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations extend to the United Kingdom.".

(3) In regulation 2 (interpretation) -

(a) in paragraph (1), omit the definition of "extreme pornography offence";

(b) in paragraph (2)(a) -

(i) omit "in a particular part of the United Kingdom or";

(ii) omit "other than the United Kingdom";

(iii) omit "that part of the United Kingdom or";

(iv) after "is a national of", insert "the United Kingdom or";

(c) after paragraph (2), insert -

"(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) -

(a) "a national of the United Kingdom" means -

(i) a British citizen;

(ii) a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who has a right of abode in the United Kingdom; or