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The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) (Revocation) Regulations 2025

S.I. 2025/1064 · Made 9 October 2025

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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Made 9th October 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 240(1) and (2) of the Online Safety Act 2023f1.

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Footnotes

f1

2023 c. 50.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and extent
  2. 2Revocation
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and extent

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) (Revocation) Regulations 2025.

(2)

These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

2Revocation

The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025f1 are revoked.

Signature

Mike Tapp

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

9th October 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025 (“the Commencement Regulations”), which would have brought into force provisions of the Online Safety Act 2023 (“the Act”) requiring certain providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content to the National Crime Agency.

As a result, the provisions of the Act listed in regulation 2 of the Commencement Regulations, will no longer come into force on 3rd November 2025.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.