{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/psychoactive-substances-act-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/psychoactive-substances-act-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/2",
  "legislation_title": "Psychoactive Substances Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/psychoactive-substances-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Proceedings for an offence under section 5(2) may not be instituted against a non-UK service provider in respect of anything done in the course of the provision of information society services unless the derogation condition is met.\n(2) The derogation condition is that taking proceedings—\n(a) is necessary for the purposes of the public interest objective,\n(b) relates to an information society service that prejudices that objective or presents a serious and grave risk of prejudice to that objective, and\n(c) is proportionate to that objective.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n“non-UK service provider” means a service provider established in an EEA state ...;\n“the public interest objective” means the pursuit of public policy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/742), regs. 1, 17(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2 in force at 26.5.2016 by S.I. 2016/553, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/2/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:34.525412+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."
}