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Digital Economy Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 20 March 2017. It occurred during Debate on bills on Digital Economy Bill.

Moved by

Lord Ashton of Hyde

25YC: After Clause 22, insert the following new Clause—

“Meaning of extreme pornographic material

(1) In this Part “extreme pornographic material” means (subject to subsection (3)) material—

(a) whose nature is such that it is reasonable to assume that it was produced solely or principally for the purposes of sexual arousal, and

(b) which is extreme.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), material is extreme if—

(a) its content is as described in section 63(7) or (7A) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, and

(b) it is grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character.

(3) Material to which paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) apply is not “extreme pornographic material” if it is or was included in a classified video work, unless it is material to which subsection (4) applies.

(4) This subsection applies to material—

(a) which has been extracted from a classified video work, and

(b) whose nature is such that it is reasonable to assume that it was extracted (with or without other material) solely or principally for the purposes of sexual arousal.

(5) In this section—

“classified video work” means a video work in respect of which the video works authority has issued a classification certificate;

“video work” means a video work within the meaning of the Video Recordings Act 1984;

“the video works authority” has the meaning given in section 16 ;

“classification certificate” has the same meaning as in the Video Recordings Act 1984 (see section 7 of that Act);

“material” means—

(a) a still image or series of still images, with or without sound; or

(b) a series of visual images shown as a moving picture, with or without sound.”

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
782 c58 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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