Broadcasting Act 2009

139ZF

F221[e-Commerce compliance strategy.

139ZF. F222[(1) The Commission shall prepare and may revise, an e-Commerce compliance strategy setting out its approach to ensuring that—

(a) no requirements that are inconsistent with the limitations placed on the liability of intermediary service providers by Articles 4 to 6 of the Digital Services Regulation, and

(b) no general obligation contrary to Article 8 of that Regulation to monitor the information intermediary service providers transmit or store, or actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegality,

are imposed on those providers by virtue of online safety codes, online safety guidance materials or advisory notices.]

(2) Before preparing an e-Commerce compliance strategy the Commission shall consult—

(a) any advisory committee it has established for that purpose under section 19, and

(b) any other person the Commission thinks appropriate.

(3) The Commission shall publish an e-Commerce compliance strategy prepared or revised under this section on a website maintained by it.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F221

Inserted (15.03.2023) by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), s. 45, S.I. No. 71 of 2023.

F222

Substituted (17.02.2024) by Digital Services Act 2024 (2/2024), s. 14(1), S.I. No. 53 of 2024, with current e-Commerce compliance strategy continuing to apply as per subs. (2).