Section 15 Notice requiring appointment of content managerI1

United Kingdom Not yet in force

(1)

The coordinating officer may give a service provider a notice (an “appointment notice”) requiring the provider—

(a)

either to—

(i)

appoint an individual who meets the conditions in subsection (2) as the provider’s content manager for the purposes of this Chapter, or

(ii)

if there is no such individual, confirm that is the case to the coordinating officer, and

(b)

to provide the coordinating officer with the required information.

(2)

The conditions are that the individual—

(a)

plays a significant role in—

(i)

the making of decisions about how a whole or substantial part of the service provider’s activities are to be managed or organised, or

(ii)

the actual managing or organising of the whole or a substantial part of those activities, and

(b)

is habitually resident in the United Kingdom.

(3)

“Required information” means—

(a)

the contact details of any content manager appointed;

(b)

an email address, or details of another means of contacting the service provider rapidly which is readily available, that may be used for the purpose of giving the provider a notice under this Chapter;

(c)

information identifying the relevant user-to-user services, or (as the case may be) the relevant search services, provided by the provider.

(4)

An appointment notice must—

(a)

specify the period before the end of which the service provider must comply with the notice, and

(b)

explain the potential consequences of the service provider failing to do so (see section 19).

(5)

The period specified under subsection (4)(a) must be at least seven days beginning with the day on which the notice is given.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 15 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)