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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/extreme-pornography-electronic-commerce-directive-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Extreme Pornography (Electronic Commerce Directive) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Exception for hosting",
  "text": "(1) A service provider is not capable of being guilty of a relevant offence in respect of anything done in the course of providing so much of an information society service as consists in the storage of information provided by a recipient of the service if—\n(a) the service provider had no actual knowledge when the information was provided that it contained offending material; or\n(b) on obtaining actual knowledge that the information contained offending material, the service provider expeditiously removed the information or disabled access to it.\n(2) “Offending material” means material the possession of which constitutes a relevant offence.\n(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply if the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or control of the service provider.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/137/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:26.943719+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}