Exception for hosting10
1
A service provider is not capable of being guilty of a relevant offence 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—
a
the service provider had no actual knowledge when the information was provided that the information was part of the commission of a relevant offence; or
b
where the service provider subsequently obtained such knowledge, the service provider expeditiously removed the information or disabled access to it.
2
Paragraph (1) does not apply if the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or control of the service provider.