# Online Safety Act 2023, Paragraph 8


(1) In this Part, “assessment start day”, in relation to a pre-existing Part 4B service, means—
(a) the date specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, or
(b) if the pre-existing Part 4B service ceases to be a video-sharing platform service before the date specified in the regulations, the date when that service ceases to be a video-sharing platform service.
(2) But in respect of any period during which this Schedule is fully in force and no regulations under sub-paragraph (1) have yet been made, the definition in sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if—
(a) for paragraph (a) there were substituted “the date when section 210 comes into force”, and
(b) in paragraph (b), for “specified in the regulations” there were substituted “when section 210 comes into force”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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