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Section 24 Failure to comply with content removal notice or decision notice: civil penaltiesI1

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(1)

Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)

a content removal notice has been given to a service provider, or to both a service provider and the provider’s content manager, in accordance with section 21, and

(b)

the initial 48-hour period has expired without the notice having been complied with or a review notice having been given.

(2)

A senior authorised officer of the issuing force may give a penalty notice—

(a)

to the service provider, or

(b)

if the provider’s content manager also received the content removal notice, to the content manager or to both of them.

(3)

Subsection (4) applies where, following a review or reviews under section 22—

(a)

a decision notice has been given to the service provider or to both the provider and the provider’s content manager in accordance with section 23(2) or (3) confirming the decision to give the content removal notice, and

(b)

the period specified in the decision notice under subsection (4) of that section has expired without that notice having been complied with.

(4)

A senior authorised officer of the issuing force may give a penalty notice—

(a)

to the service provider, or

(b)

if the provider’s content manager also received the decision notice, to the content manager or to both of them.

(5)

In this section a “penalty notice” means a notice requiring its recipient to pay a penalty—

(a)

where the recipient is a service provider, of an amount not exceeding £60,000;

(b)

where the recipient is a service provider’s content manager, of an amount not exceeding £10,000.

(6)

In order to take account of changes in the value of money the Secretary of State may by regulations substitute another sum for a sum for the time being specified in subsection (5).

(7)

See Schedule 4 for further provision in connection with penalty notices given under this section.

Annotations

Commencement

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S. 24 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)