183 Offences of sending or showing flashing images electronically
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Offences of sending or showing flashing images

183  Offences of sending or showing flashing images electronically

(1)     A person (A) commits an offence if—

(a)     A sends a communication by electronic means which consists of or includes flashing images (see subsection (13)),

(b)     either condition 1 or condition 2 is met, and

(c)     A has no reasonable excuse for sending the communication.

(2)     Condition 1 is that—

(a)     at the time the communication is sent, it is reasonably foreseeable that an individual with epilepsy would be among the individuals who would view it, and

(b)     A sends the communication with the intention that such an individual will suffer harm as a result of viewing the flashing images.

(3)     Condition 2 is that, when sending the communication—

(a)     A believes that an individual (B)—

(i)     whom A knows to be an individual with

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