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(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.
(2)“Regulated user-generated content” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (see section 55), and references to such content are to content that is regulated user-generated content in relation to the service in question.
(3)“Consumer content” means—
(a)regulated user-generated content that constitutes, or is directly connected with content that constitutes, an offer to sell goods or to supply services,
(b)regulated user-generated content that amounts to an offence under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1277) (construed in accordance with section 59: see subsections (3), (11) and (12) of that section), or
(c)any other regulated user-generated content in relation to which an enforcement authority has functions under those Regulations (see regulation 19 of those Regulations).
(4)References to restricting users’ access to content, and related references, are to be construed in accordance with sections 58 and 236(6).
(5)Content of a particular kind is “relevant content” if—
(a)a term of service, other than a term of service mentioned in section 72(9), indicates (in whatever words) that the presence of content of that kind is prohibited on the service or that users’ access to content of that kind is restricted, and
(b)it is regulated user-generated content.
References to relevant content are to content that is relevant content in relation to the service in question.
(6)“Affected person” means a person, other than a user of the service in question, who is in the United Kingdom and who is—
(a)the subject of the content,
(b)a member of a class or group of people with a certain characteristic targeted by the content,
(c)a parent of, or other adult with responsibility for, a child who is a user of the service or is the subject of the content, or
(d)an adult providing assistance in using the service to another adult who requires such assistance, where that other adult is a user of the service or is the subject of the content.
(7)In determining what is proportionate for the purposes of sections 71 and 72, the size and capacity of the provider of a service is, in particular, relevant.
(8)For the meaning of “Category 1 service”, see section 95 (register of categories of services).
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I1S. 74 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(4)(j)
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