{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-GB-0004-001",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-GB-0004-001",
  "provision": "Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 66E (inserted by s.138(2))",
  "applies_to": [
   "Anyone"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not intentionally create an image that appears to be a photograph or film of an adult in an intimate state, but is not, without their consent or a reasonable belief that they consent.",
  "type": "Prohibited uses",
  "status": "applies now",
  "applies_from": "2026-02-06",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-GB-0004-001/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-GB-0004",
   "id": "gb-duaa-2025-s138-purported-intimate-images",
   "title": "Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, section 138 - Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult",
   "jurisdiction": "GB",
   "jurisdiction_name": "United Kingdom",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/gb-duaa-2025-s138-purported-intimate-images/"
  },
  "penalty": "Summary offence: imprisonment up to the maximum term for summary offences (six months, or 51 weeks once CJA 2003 s.281(5) is in force), a fine, or both (s.66G(8)).",
  "scope_note": "England and Wales. The text does not mention AI; it covers any 'purported intimate image'. Defence of reasonable excuse (s.66E(5)). Modifications that add no intimate content and no other person are excluded (s.66E(4)).",
  "date_note": "Section 138 commenced 6 Feb 2026 (SI 2026/31, reg. 2).",
  "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/66E",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-08",
  "citation": "WTA-R-GB-0004-001: Sexual Offences Act 2003, section 66E (inserted by s.138(2)), Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, section 138 - Creating, or requesting the creation of, purported intimate image of adult. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-GB-0004-001/ (checked 2026-10-08)."
 },
 "history": [],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}