PART 2Child Pornography

Amendment of Council Decision 2000/375/JHA4

1

Council Decision 2000/375/JHA of 29 May 2000 to combat child pornography on the internet is amended as follows.

2

In Article 1—

a

in paragraph 1—

i

for “Within the framework of Decision No 276/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and in” substitute “In”;

ii

for “Member States” substitute “the Secretary of State”;

b

in paragraph 2 omit “, and taking account of the administrative structure of each Member State,”;

c

in paragraph 3 for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State”.

3

Omit Article 2.

4

In Article 3—

a

in the paragraph before sub-paragraph (a)—

i

for “Member States” in the first place where it occurs substitute “The Secretary of State”;

ii

omit the second sentence;

iii

for “they” in the last sentence substitute “the Secretary of State”;

b

in sub-paragraph (c), omit “in accordance with the Council resolution of 17 January 1995 on the lawful interception of telecommunications”.

5

In Article 4, for “Member States” substitute “The Secretary of State”.

6

Omit Articles 5 to 8.