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New regulations set out circumstances in which the Secretary of State can intervene in the running of internet domain registries for UK-related domains

This somewhat lengthy blogpost about The Internet Domain Registry (Prescribed Practices and Prescribed Requirements) Regulations 2024 is probably of most interest to people running domain registries, and domain registrars, for .uk, .scot, .wales., .cymru, and .london.

To be honest, until yesterday, I had no idea that the Secretary of State had these kind of powers...

decoded.legal/blog/2024/10/new

decoded.legalNew regulations set out circumstances in which the Secretary of State can intervene in the running of internet domain registries for UK-related domainsBackground The Secretary of State has powers to interfere with / intervene in the running of internet domain registries for “UK-related” domains.
Bruno Girin

@neil can you bypass this if you were to get a .manchester top level domain?