Regulation 7 Amendment of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009

(1)

Schedule 12 (encouraging or assisting suicide: providers of information society services) to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009^f1, is amended as follows—

(a)

omit paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b)

omit paragraph 2 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(c)

omit paragraph 3 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(d)

in paragraph 7 (interpretation), for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2)
“Relevant offence” means an offence under—

(a)
section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961 (c.60) (criminal liability for complicity in another’s suicide), or

(b)
section 13 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20 (N.I.)) (criminal liability for complicity in another’s suicide).”;

(e)

in paragraph 7 (interpretation), omit sub-paragraph (6).

(2)

In Schedule 13 (prohibited images: providers of information society services) to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, omit—

(a)

paragraph 1 (domestic service providers: extension of liability);

(b)

paragraph 2 (non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings);

(c)

in paragraph 6 (interpretation), sub-paragraph (6).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2009 c. 25.