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Paragraph 1 Mere conduits

(1)

A service provider does not contravene regulation 43 only by providing access to a communication network, or by transmitting, in a communication network, information provided by a recipient of the service, if the service provider does not—

(a)

initiate the transmission;

(b)

select the recipient of the transmission; or

(c)

select or modify the information contained in the transmission.

(2)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the provision of access to a communication network and the transmission of information in a communication network include the automatic, intermediate and transient storage of the information transmitted if—

(a)

the storage is solely for the purpose of carrying out the transmission in the network; and

(b)

the information is not stored for longer than is reasonably necessary for the transmission.

Notes on Schedule 1

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1: Sch. renumbered as Sch. 1 (1.1.2017) by The Tobacco and Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1127), regs. 2(2), 3(2)