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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023-commencement-no-7-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/262",
  "legislation_title": "The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023-commencement-no-7-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are the seventh commencement regulations made under the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (“the Act”). They bring into force the duty on providers of regulated user-to-user services to report Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (“CSEA”) content to the National Crime Agency and the offence in relation to CSEA reporting under this duty. They also bring into force other provisions in relation to the duty and the offence, including provision conferring functions on the Office of Communications in relation to obtaining information and supplementary provision about offences under the Act.\nA full impact assessment has been published in relation to the Act and copies can be obtained from the UK Government website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/online-safety-act-enactment-impact-assessment or from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology at 22-26 Whitehall, London SW1A 2EG.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/262/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:34.431371+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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