{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-14/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-14/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "text": "In Schedule 5 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in the list of offences for England and Wales, after paragraph 63C insert—\n“63D An offence under section 179 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (false communications).\n63E An offence under section 181 of that Act (threatening communications).”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 14 para. 2 in force at 31.1.2024 by S.I. 2024/31, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/14/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:34:44.494627+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."
}