# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Section 66D (sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film: interpretation) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for “66B and” substitute “66AB to”.
(3) In subsection (3), at the end insert “, or as a person with whom it is shared”.
(4) For subsection (4) substitute—
“(4) “Photograph” includes the negative as well as the positive version.
(4A) “Film” means a moving image.
(4B) For the purposes of sections 66AE, 66AF, 66B and 66C, references to a photograph or film also include—
(a) an image, whether made or altered by computer graphics or in any other way, which appears to be a photograph or film,
(b) a copy of a photograph, film or image within paragraph (a), and
(c) data stored by any means which is capable of conversion into a photograph, film or image within paragraph (a).”
(5) After subsection (9) insert—
“(10) For the purposes of section 66AB(1) to (3), 66AE(1), 66AF(3)(b), 66B(1) to (3) and 66C(3)(b)—
(a) “consent” to the taking, recording, sharing or creating a copy of a photograph or film includes general consent covering the particular act of taking, recording, sharing or creating a copy as well as specific consent to the particular act of taking, recording, sharing or creating a copy, and
(b) whether a belief is reasonable is to be determined having regard to all the circumstances including any steps A has taken to ascertain whether B consents.”
(6) For the heading, substitute “Sections 66AB to 66C: interpretation”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/13/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-13/paragraph-6
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