(1) A service (including a website, internet portal, gateway, store or marketplace) is an electronic distribution platform if:
(a) the service allows entities to make supplies available to end - users; and
(b) the service is delivered by means of * electronic communication; and
(c) any of the supplies that are * inbound intangible consumer supplies are to be made by means of electronic communication.
(2) However, a service is not an electronic distribution platform solely because it is:
(a) a carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 ); or
(b) a service consisting of one or more of the following:
(i) providing access to a payment system;
(ii) processing payments;
(iii) providing * vouchers the supply of which are not * taxable supplies because of section 100 - 5.