# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 1: Duty to designate trusted flagger

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations designate persons as suitable to make intimate image reports to—
(a) providers of internet services, and
(b) providers of internet access services,
for the purpose of assisting the providers to make judgments about whether content is intimate image content.
(2) An intimate image report is—
(a) a report that—
(i) content identified in the report is a photograph or film which shows, or appears to show, a person (P) in an intimate state, and
(ii) P, or a person acting on P’s behalf, has informed the person making the report that P does not consent to the sharing of the photograph or film, or
(b) a report of information provided to the person making the report by virtue of regulations under paragraph 2.
(3) The Secretary of State must exercise the power in sub-paragraph (1) to designate at least one person.
(4) The duty in sub-paragraph (3) ceases to apply if Secretary of State makes regulations under paragraph 3.
(5) Terms used in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and in section 66B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 have the same meaning in sub-paragraph (2)(a) as in section 66B.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/14/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-14/paragraph-1
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