# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Section 23: Decision notices requiring removal of unlawful weapons content

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) This section applies where the reviewing officer—
(a) has carried out a review or reviews under section 22, and
(b) confirms the decision to give the content removal notice to the service provider, the provider’s content manager or both of them (in each case whether as mentioned in subsection (5)(a) or (b) of that section).
(2) If the reviewing officer confirms in full the decision to give the content removal notice, the decision notice must require its recipient to secure that—
(a) the content to which the content removal notice relates is removed, and
(b) confirmation of that fact is given to the authorised officer.
(3) If the officer confirms the decision to give the content removal notice but in relation to only some of the content to which it relates, the decision notice must—
(a) identify the content to which the confirmation relates (the “confirmed content”), and
(b) require its recipient to secure that—
(i) the confirmed content is removed, and
(ii) confirmation of that fact is given to the authorised officer.
(4) A decision notice within subsection (2) or (3) must specify the period before the end of which the notice must be complied with, and that period must be whichever of the following is the longest—
(a) the period of 24 hours beginning with the time the decision notice is given;
(b) the period—
(i) beginning with the time the review notice or, if there was more than one, the first review notice, was given under section 22, and
(ii) ending with the end of the initial 48-hour period.
(5) In this section, “reviewing officer” has the same meaning as in section 22.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-23
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