Exception for hosting 4 (1) A service provider does not commit an offence under section 3 or 5 in respect of 5 information stored in the course of providing so much of an information society service as consists of the storage of information provided by a recipient of the service, if sub- paragraph (2) or (3) is satisfied. (2) This sub-paragraph is satisfied if the service provider had no actual knowledge when the information was provided that the storage of the information by the service provider 10 constituted an offence under section 3 or 5 (as the case may be). (3) This sub-paragraph is satisfied if, on obtaining such knowledge, the service provider expeditiously removed the information or disabled access to it. (4) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the recipient of the service is acting under the authority or control of the service provider. 15 Interpretation 5 In this schedule— “information society services” has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic 20 commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce), “recipient”, in relation to a service, means a person who, for professional ends or otherwise, uses an information society service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information or making it accessible, “service provider” means a person providing an information society service. 25 SCHEDULE 2 (introduced by section 18) ODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS M...