Article 40 Harmful material
(1)
A PRS provider must not carry out any regulated activity that contains any material likely to incite violence or hatred against a group of persons or a member of a group of persons based on any of the specified characteristics.
(2)
A PRS provider must also take all reasonable steps to prevent the risk of the regulated activity causing harm to consumers.
(3)
In paragraph (2), the reference to harm includes harm to mental health (including, for example, as a consequence of suffering fear, anxiety or distress).
(4)
In this article, “specified characteristics” mean—
(a)
age,
(b)
disability,
(c)
gender reassignment,
(d)
marriage or civil partnership,
(e)
pregnancy or maternity,
(f)
race,
(g)
religion or belief,
(h)
sex, or
(i)
sexual orientation.