# Online Safety Act 2023, Paragraph 6: Section 15(2) assessments

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this paragraph “the relevant day”, in relation to a regulated user-to-user service, means—
(a) the first day on which the service is a Category 1 service, or
(b) the first day on which the service again becomes a Category 1 service (following a period during which the service was not a Category 1 service).
(2) If, on the relevant day, section 15(2) guidance is available, a section 15(2) assessment of the service must be completed within the period of three months beginning with that day.
(3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies if—
(a) on the relevant day, the first section 15(2) guidance has not yet been published, and
(b) immediately before the publication of that guidance, the service is still a Category 1 service.
(4) The first section 15(2) assessment of the service must be completed within the period of three months beginning with the day on which the first section 15(2) guidance is published.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/3/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-6
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