Digital Services Act 2024

Amendment of section 139ZU of Principal Act

30. Section 139ZU of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution, other than in subsection (3), of “person” for “provider” in each place where it occurs,

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Where a person makes submissions to the Commission under subsection (2)(b), the Commission may by notice in writing request the person to provide, within a specified period, such further information as the Commission considers appropriate for the purposes of determining the amount of the sanction.”,

and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) A person who—

(a) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a request under subsection (3), or

(b) in purported compliance with a request under subsection (3), gives to the Commission information which the person knows to be false or misleading in any material respect,

shall be guilty of a category 2 offence.”.