# The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/507/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tobacco-and-related-products-regulations-2016/schedule/paragraph-1
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