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Paragraph 12 I1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the Online Safety Act 2023 for or in connection with the imposition on providers of regulated services of duties relating to—

(a)

the provision of intimate image information to the registrar;

(b)

taking down content recorded on the intimate image register;

(c)

preventing persons from encountering content recorded on the intimate image register.

(2)

In this paragraph “intimate image information” means information generated by the provider for the purposes of identifying intimate image content.

(3)

Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(a) may require intimate image information to be provided in a particular form (for example, a hash code).

(4)

The provisions of the Online Safety Act 2023 that may be amended by regulations under this paragraph include, but are not limited to, section 131(2) (enforceable requirements).

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 14 para. 12 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)

I2

Sch. 14 para. 12 in force at 29.6.2026 by S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z10)