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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—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. 3A inserted (31.3.2017) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), ss. 174(2), 183(6)(d)