Remote Gambling Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Blocking of Access and Payment Transactions
25. Immunity for complying with blocking orders
Feedback & supportNo criminal or civil liability is to be incurred —
by an Internet service provider or an officer or agent of such provider; or
by a financial institution, a financial transaction provider, or an officer or agent of a financial institution or financial transaction provider,for anything done or omitted to be done with reasonable care and in good faith in complying with any access blocking order or payment blocking order, or purported access blocking order or payment blocking order, as the case may be.
In this section, an “officer” of an Internet service provider, a financial institution or a financial transaction provider includes an employee of the Internet service provider, financial institution or financial transaction provider.
Internet service provider
“Internet service provider” means —(a)an Internet Access Service Provider licensed under section 5 of the Telecommunications Act 1999;(b)a person (commonly referred to as a Localised Internet Service Reseller) —(i)who obtains Internet access from an Internet Access Service Provider or from a Non‑localised Internet Service Reseller;(ii)who provides Internet services obtained from the Internet Access Service Provider, or the Non‑localised Internet Service Reseller, to all or part of the public; and(iii)whose Internet services are available for reception only within a single building, a dwelling house, a hospital, an educational institution, a residential complex, a commercial complex or an industrial complex, or any other single temporary or permanent structure,but does not include a person who provides Internet services to that person’s own employees for use solely within that person’s firm or corporation; or(c)a person (commonly referred to as a Non‑localised Internet Service Reseller) —(i)who obtains Internet access from an Internet Access Service Provider; and(ii)who provides Internet services obtained from the Internet Access Service Provider to all or part of the public by leased telecommunication lines, integrated services digital networks, modems or by any other wired or wireless means,but does not include a person who provides Internet services to that person’s own employees for use solely within that person’s firm or corporation;