SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 11BOFFENCE UNDER SECTION 141G: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
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1
A service provider is not guilty of an offence under section 141G in respect of anything done in the course of providing so much of an information society service as consists in the storage of information provided by a recipient of the service, if the condition is met.
2
The condition is that—
a
the service provider had no actual knowledge when the information was provided that it contained offending material, or
b
on obtaining actual knowledge that the information contained offending material, the service provider expeditiously removed the information or disabled access to it.
3
“Offending material” means material the publication of which constitutes an offence under section 141G.
4
This paragraph does not apply if the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or control of the service provider.
Sch. 11B inserted (1.10.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 4; S.I. 2012/2213, art. 3