SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 25Information society services
Exception for caching
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1
This paragraph applies where an information society service consists in the transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service.
2
The information society service provider does not contravene this Act only by doing anything in connection with the automatic, intermediate and temporary storage of information so provided if—
a
the storage of the information is solely for the purpose of making more efficient the onward transmission of the information to other recipients of the service at their request, and
b
the condition in sub-paragraph (3) is satisfied.
3
The condition is that the service-provider—
a
does not modify the information,
b
complies with such conditions as are attached to having access to the information, and
c
(where sub-paragraph (4) applies) expeditiously removes the information or disables access to it.
4
This sub-paragraph applies if the service-provider obtains actual knowledge that—
a
the information at the initial source of the transmission has been removed from the network,
b
access to it has been disabled, or
c
a court or administrative authority has required the removal from the network of, or the disablement of access to, the information.