Schedule 4: Providers of information society services
Schedule 4 is designed to ensure that the provisions of the Act are compatible with the UK’s obligations under the E-Commerce Directive.
	Under Part 1 of Schedule 4 providers of information society services who are established in the UK are covered by the new offence of offering to supply psychoactive substances even when they are operating in another European Economic Area state. Paragraphs 3 to 5 of the Schedule provide exemptions for information service providers from this offence in limited circumstances, such as where they are acting as mere conduits for any offer to supply (by facilitating an email) or are storing it as caches or hosts (for example, hosting a website). Part 2 of Schedule 4 similarly ensures that the Act in respect of prohibition notices and prohibition orders insofar as they impact on information service providers is compatible with the terms of the E-Commerce Directive.