Version Superseded: 13/04/2015
Point in time view as at 18/10/2010.
Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, Cross Heading: Domestic service providers: extension of liability is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
1(1)This paragraph applies where a service provider is established in England and Wales or Northern Ireland (a “domestic service provider”).E+W+N.I.
(2)Section 63(1) applies to a domestic service provider who—
(a)is in possession of an extreme pornographic image in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom, and
(b)is in possession of it there in the course of providing information society services,
as well as to persons (of any description) who are in possession of such images in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.
(3)In the case of an offence under section 63, as it applies to a domestic service provider by virtue of sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)proceedings for the offence may be taken at any place in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, and
(b)the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed at any such place.
(4)Nothing in this paragraph is to be read as affecting the operation of any of paragraphs 3 to 5.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 14 para. 1 in force at 26.1.2009 by S.I. 2008/2993, art. 2(2)(i)
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
