SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 8AOffence under section 58A: supplementary provisions
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
Domestic service providers: extension of liability
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1
This paragraph applies where a service provider is established in the United Kingdom (a “domestic service provider”).
2
Section 58A applies to a domestic service provider who—
a
commits any of the acts specified in subsection (1) of that section in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom, and
b
does so in the course of providing information society services,
as it applies to a person who commits such an act in the United Kingdom.
3
In such a case—
a
proceedings for the offence may be taken at any place in the United Kingdom, and
b
the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed at any such place.
Sch. 8A inserted (16.2.2009) by Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28), ss. 76(4), 100(5), Sch. 8 (with s. 101(2)); S.I. 2009/58, art. 2(d)