Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (asp 14)

SCHEDULE 1 S Offences under sections 3 and 4: information society services

Interpretation S

4 S In this schedule—

• “information society services” has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce),

• “recipient”, in relation to a service, means a person who, for professional ends or otherwise, uses an information society service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible,

• “service provider” means a person providing an information society service.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 1.4.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/82, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)