PART 4Other duties of providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services

CHAPTER 2Reporting child sexual exploitation and abuse content

69Offence in relation to CSEA reporting

1

A person commits an offence if, in purported compliance with a requirement under section 66—

a

the person provides information that is false in a material respect, and

b

at the time the person provides it, the person knows that it is false in a material respect or is reckless as to whether it is false in a material respect.

2

A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—

a

on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or a fine (or both);

b

on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

c

on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);

d

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or a fine (or both).