{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Schedule",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“CAA” means a children’s access assessment (see section 35);\n“CAA guidance” means OFCOM’s guidance under section 52(3)(b) (guidance about children’s access assessments);\n“children’s risk assessment guidance” means OFCOM’s guidance under section 99(3);\n“section 15(2) assessment” means OFCOM’s assessment under section 14 (assessments related to the adult user empowerment duty set out in section 15(2));\n“section 15(2) guidance” means OFCOM’s guidance under section 52(1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 21 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 21 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z35)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/3/paragraph/21",
    "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."
}