(a) making a request directed to a particular person or persons, or
(b) making a request so that it is available to one or more persons (or people generally), without directing it to a particular person or persons.
(5) References in this section to consent to a person requesting something are—
(a) in a case described in subsection (4)(a), references to consent to a request being made that is directed to the particular person or persons, and
(b) in a case described in subsection (4)(b), references to consent to a request being made so that it is available to the person or persons (or people generally), as appropriate.
(6) An offence under this section is committed—
(a) regardless of whether the purported intimate image is created,
(b) regardless of whether the purported intimate image, or the particular thing to be included in or excluded from such an image, is also requested by another person, and
(c) regardless of where in the world the person or persons mentioned in subsection (4)(a)and (b) is or are located.
(7) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for making the request.
(8) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the maximum term for summary offences or a fine (or both).
(9) In this section, references to a purported intimate image, to creating such an image and to a person shown in an intimate state have the same meaning as in section 66E.
(10) The Secretary of State must—
(a) review the operation of subsection (7),
66G Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult: further definitions etc
(1) This section applies for the purposes of sections 66E and 66F.
(2) “Consent” to an act includes general consent covering the particular act as well as specific consent to that particular act (and see also section 66F(5)).
(3) Whether a belief is “reasonable” is to be determined having regard to all the circumstances, including any steps A has taken to ascertain whether B consents.
(4) “ Photograph ” includes the negative as well as the positive version.
(5) “ Film ” means a moving image.
(6) A reference to an “image”, “photograph” or “ film ” includes data stored by any means which is capable of conversion into an image, photograph or film.
(7) An image of a person appears to be an image of an adult if—
(a) the impression conveyed by the image is that the person shown is aged 18 or over, or
(b) the predominant impression conveyed by the image is that the person shown is aged 18 or over (even if some of the physical characteristics shown are those of a person under 18).
(8) The “ maximum term for summary offences ” means—
(a) if the offence is committed before the time when section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 comes into force, six months;