{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-15/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-15/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Joint provisional notices of contravention",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) OFCOM are satisfied that there are grounds to give an entity (“E”) a provisional notice of contravention relating to a regulated service, and\n(b) E is the provider of that service.\n(2) If there is an entity which is a parent undertaking in relation to E, the provisional notice of contravention may be given—\n(a) to E alone, or\n(b) jointly to E and to an entity which is a parent undertaking in relation to E.\n(3) If there is an entity which is a subsidiary undertaking in relation to E, the provisional notice of contravention may be given—\n(a) to E alone, or\n(b) jointly to E and to an entity which is a subsidiary undertaking in relation to E.\n(4) If E is a subsidiary undertaking and there is an entity which is a fellow subsidiary undertaking in relation to E, the provisional notice of contravention may be given—\n(a) to E alone, or\n(b) jointly to E and to an entity which is a fellow subsidiary undertaking in relation to E.\n(5) If an individual or individuals control E (see paragraph 5(4)), the provisional notice of contravention may be given—\n(a) to E alone, or\n(b) jointly to E and to the individual or individuals who control E.\n(6) If a provisional notice of contravention is given jointly as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b), (4)(b) or (5)(b), section 130(8) is to be read, in its application for the purposes of this paragraph, as if it included a reference to representations about whether joint and several liability would be appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 15 para. 1 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z24)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/15/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}