Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6A inserted (E.W.) (31.1.2017 for specified purposes) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 173(2), 183(5)(e)
8(1)A service provider does not commit an offence under paragraph 2 by storing information provided by a recipient of the service if—
(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.]