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[F18(1)A service provider does not commit an offence under paragraph 2 by storing information provided by a recipient of the service if—E+W+N.I.
(a)the service provider had no actual knowledge when the information was provided that it was, or contained, a prohibited publication, or
(b)on obtaining actual knowledge that the information was, or contained, a prohibited publication, the service provider promptly removed the information or disabled access to it.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or control of the service provider.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 inserted (3.5.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 71(2), 88(4) (with s. 86(15))