Online Safety Act 2023 in Scotland
2023 c. 50 · Enacted 26 October 2023 · Extends to United Kingdom
An Act to make provision for and in connection with the regulation by OFCOM of certain internet services; for and in connection with communications offences; and for connected purposes.
[26th October 2023]
Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—C1
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Act: power to amend conferred (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 14 para. 12; S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z10)
Contents
- Part 1: Introduction
- 1Introduction
- 2Overview of Act
- Part 2: Key definitions
- 3“User-to-user service” and “search service”
- 4“Regulated service”, “Part 3 service” etc
- 5Disapplication of Act to certain parts of services
- Part 3: Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- 6Overview of Part 3
- Chapter 2: Providers of user-to-user services: duties of care
- User-to-user services: which duties apply, and scope of duties
- 7Providers of user-to-user services: duties of care
- 8Scope of duties of care
- Illegal content duties for user-to-user services
- 9Illegal content risk assessment duties
- 10Safety duties about illegal content
- User-to-user services likely to be accessed by children
- 11Children’s risk assessment duties
- 12Safety duties protecting children
- 13Safety duties protecting children: interpretation
- Category 1 services
- 14Assessment duties: user empowerment
- 15User empowerment duties
- 16User empowerment duties: interpretation
- 17Duties to protect content of democratic importance
- 18Duties to protect news publisher content Not yet in force
- 19Duties to protect journalistic content
- Duties about content reporting and complaints procedures
- 20Duty about content reporting
- 20AReporting of intimate image content
- 21Duties about complaints procedures
- Cross-cutting duties
- 22Duties about freedom of expression and privacy
- 23Record-keeping and review duties
- Chapter 3: Providers of search services: duties of care
- Search services: which duties apply, and scope of duties
- 24Providers of search services: duties of care
- 25Scope of duties of care
- Illegal content duties for search services
- 26Illegal content risk assessment duties
- 27Safety duties about illegal content
- Search services likely to be accessed by children
- 28Children’s risk assessment duties
- 29Safety duties protecting children
- 30Safety duties protecting children: interpretation
- Duties about content reporting and complaints procedures
- 31Duty about content reporting
- 31AReporting of intimate image content
- 32Duties about complaints procedures
- Cross-cutting duties
- 33Duties about freedom of expression and privacy
- 34Record-keeping and review duties
- Chapter 4: Children's access assessments
- 35Children’s access assessments
- 36Duties about children’s access assessments
- 37Meaning of “likely to be accessed by children”
- Chapter 5: Duties about fraudulent advertising
- 38Duties about fraudulent advertising: Category 1 services
- 39Duties about fraudulent advertising: Category 2A services
- 40Fraud etc offences
- Chapter 6: Codes of practice and guidance
- Codes of practice
- 41Codes of practice about duties
- 42Codes of practice: principles, objectives, content
- 43Procedure for issuing codes of practice
- 44Secretary of State’s powers of direction
- 45Procedure for issuing codes of practice following direction under section 44
- 46Publication of codes of practice
- 47Review of codes of practice
- 48Minor amendments of codes of practice
- 49Relationship between duties and codes of practice
- 50Effects of codes of practice
- 51Duties and the first codes of practice
- Guidance
- 52OFCOM’s guidance about certain duties in Part 3
- 53OFCOM’s guidance: content that is harmful to children and user empowerment
- 54OFCOM’s guidance about protecting women and girls
- Chapter 7: Interpretation of Part 3
- 55“Regulated user-generated content”, “user-generated content”, “news publisher content”
- 56“Recognised news publisher”
- 57“Search content”, “search results” etc
- 58Restricting users’ access to content
- 59“Illegal content” etc
- 60“Content that is harmful to children”
- 61“Primary priority content that is harmful to children”
- 62“Priority content that is harmful to children”
- 63Content harmful to children: OFCOM’s review and report
- Part 4: Other duties of providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services
- Chapter 1: User identity verification
- 64User identity verification
- 65OFCOM’s guidance about user identity verification
- Chapter 2: Reporting child sexual exploitation and abuse content
- 66Requirement to report CSEA content to the NCA
- 67Regulations about reports to the NCA
- 68NCA: information sharing
- 69Offence in relation to CSEA reporting
- 70Interpretation of this Chapter
- Chapter 3: Terms of service: transparency, accountability and freedom of expression
- 71Duty not to act against users except in accordance with terms of service
- 72Further duties about terms of service
- 73OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in sections 71 and 72
- 74Interpretation of this Chapter
- Chapter 4: Deceased Child Users
- 75Disclosure of information about use of service by deceased child users Not yet in force
- 76OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 75
- Chapter 5: Transparency reporting
- 77Transparency reports about certain Part 3 services
- 78OFCOM’s guidance about transparency reports
- Part 5: Duties of providers of regulated services: certain pornographic content
- 79“Provider pornographic content” and “regulated provider pornographic content”
- 80Scope of duties about regulated provider pornographic content
- 81Duties about regulated provider pornographic content
- 82OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 81
- Part 6: Duties of providers of regulated services: fees
- 83Duty to notify OFCOM
- 84Duty to pay fees
- 85Regulations by OFCOM about qualifying worldwide revenue etc
- 86Threshold figure
- 87Secretary of State’s guidance about fees
- 88OFCOM’s fees statements
- 89Recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs
- 90Meaning of “charging year” and “initial charging year”
- Part 7: OFCOM's powers and duties in relation to regulated services
- Chapter 1: General duties
- 91General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act
- 92Duties in relation to strategic priorities
- 93Duty to carry out impact assessments
- Chapter 2: Register of categories of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services
- 94Meaning of threshold conditions etc
- 95Register of categories of certain Part 3 services
- 96Duty to maintain register
- 97List of emerging Category 1 services
- Chapter 3: Risk assessments of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services
- 98OFCOM’s register of risks, and risk profiles, of Part 3 services
- 99OFCOM’s guidance about risk assessments
- Chapter 4: Information
- Information powers and information notices
- 100Power to require information
- 101Information in connection with an investigation into the death of a child
- 102Information notices
- 103Requirement to name a senior manager
- Skilled persons' reports
- 104Reports by skilled persons
- Investigations and interviews
- 105Investigations
- 106Power to require interviews
- Powers of entry, inspection and audit
- 107Powers of entry, inspection and audit
- 108Amendment of Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
- Information offences and penalties
- 109Offences in connection with information notices
- 110Senior managers’ liability: information offences
- 111Offences in connection with notices under Schedule 12
- 112Other information offences
- 113Penalties for information offences
- Disclosure of information
- 114Co-operation and disclosure of information: overseas regulators
- 115Disclosure of information
- 116Intelligence service information
- 117Provision of information to the Secretary of State
- 118Amendment of Enterprise Act 2002
- 119Information for users of regulated services
- 120Admissibility of statements
- Chapter 5: Regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: notices to deal with terrorism content and CSEA content
- 121Notices to deal with terrorism content or CSEA content (or both)
- 122Requirement to obtain skilled person’s report
- 123Warning notices
- 124Matters relevant to a decision to give a notice under section 121(1)
- 125Notices under section 121(1): supplementary
- 126Review and further notice under section 121(1)
- 127OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter
- 128OFCOM’s annual report
- 129Interpretation of this Chapter
- Chapter 6: Enforcement powers
- Provisional notices and confirmation decisions
- 130Provisional notice of contravention
- 131Requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services
- 132Confirmation decisions
- 133Confirmation decisions: requirements to take steps
- 134Confirmation decisions: risk assessments
- 135Confirmation decisions: children’s access assessments
- 136Confirmation decisions: proactive technology
- 137Confirmation decisions: penalties
- 138Confirmation decisions: offences
- Penalty notices etc
- 139Penalty for failure to comply with confirmation decision
- 140Penalty for failure to comply with notice under section 121(1)
- 141Non-payment of fee
- 142Information to be included in notices under sections 140 and 141
- Amount of penalties etc
- 143Amount of penalties etc
- Business disruption measures
- 144Service restriction orders
- 145Interim service restriction orders
- 146Access restriction orders
- 147Interim access restriction orders
- 148Interaction with other action by OFCOM
- Publication of enforcement action
- 149Publication by OFCOM of details of enforcement action
- 150Publication by providers of details of enforcement action
- Guidance
- 151OFCOM’s guidance about enforcement action
- Chapter 7: Committees, research and reports
- 152Advisory committee on disinformation and misinformation
- 153Functions of the Content Board
- 154Research about users’ experiences of regulated services
- 154AInformation for research about online safety matters
- 155Consumer consultation
- 156OFCOM’s statement about freedom of expression and privacy
- 157OFCOM’s reports about use of age assurance
- 158OFCOM’s reports about news publisher content and journalistic content
- 159OFCOM’s transparency reports
- 160OFCOM’s report about reporting and complaints procedures Not yet in force
- 161OFCOM’s report about use of app stores by children
- 162OFCOM’s report about researchers’ access to information
- 163OFCOM’s report in connection with investigation into a death
- 164OFCOM’s reports
- Chapter 8: Media literacy
- 165Media literacy
- 166Media literacy strategy and media literacy statement
- Part 8: Appeals and super-complaints
- Chapter 1: Appeals
- 167Appeals against OFCOM decisions relating to the register under section 95
- 168Appeals against OFCOM notices
- Chapter 2: Super-complaints
- 169Power to make super-complaints
- 170Procedure for super-complaints
- 171OFCOM’s guidance about super-complaints
- Part 9: Secretary of State's functions in relation to regulated services
- Strategic priorities
- 172Statement of strategic priorities
- 173Consultation and parliamentary procedure
- Directions to OFCOM
- 174Directions about advisory committees
- 175Directions in special circumstances
- Guidance
- 176Secretary of State’s guidance
- Annual report
- 177Annual report on the Secretary of State’s functions
- Review
- 178Review
- Part 10: Communications offences
- Offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
- 184Offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
- Further provision
- 185Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
- 186Liability of corporate officers
- Repeals and amendments in connection with offences
- 191Consequential amendments
- Part 11: Supplementary and general
- Providers' judgements about the status of content
- 192Providers’ judgements about the status of content
- 193OFCOM’s guidance about illegal content judgements
- Time-limits for first guidance
- 194Time for publishing first guidance under certain provisions of this Act
- Liability of providers etc
- 195Providers that are not legal persons
- 196Individuals providing regulated services: liability
- 197Liability of parent entities etc
- 198Former providers of regulated services
- Offences
- 199Information offences: supplementary
- 200Offence of failure to comply with confirmation decision: supplementary
- 201Defences
- 202Liability of corporate officers for offences
- 203Application of offences to providers that are not legal persons
- Extra-territorial application
- 204Extra-territorial application
- 205Offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
- Payment of sums into Consolidated Fund
- 206Payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund
- Publication by OFCOM
- 207Publication by OFCOM
- Service of notices
- 208Service of notices
- Repeals and amendments
- 209Amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act Repealed
- 210Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act
- 211Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act: transitional provision etc
- 212Repeals: Digital Economy Act 2017
- 214Offences regarding indecent photographs of children: OFCOM defence
- Power to require providers of internet services to prevent or restrict access by children to internet services
- 214APower to require providers of internet services to prevent or restrict access by children to internet services
- Power to amend Act to regulate app stores
- 215Power to regulate app stores
- 216Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
- Power to amend Act: illegal AI-generated content etc
- 216APower to amend Act in relation to illegal AI-generated content etc
- Power to amend Act: alternative dispute resolution
- 217Power to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
- Power to amend Act: pornographic content
- 217APower to impose duties about pornographic content
- Other powers to amend Act
- 218Power to amend section 40
- 219Powers to amend sections 61 and 62
- 220Powers to amend or repeal provisions relating to exempt content or services
- 221Powers to amend Part 2 of Schedule 1
- 222Powers to amend Schedules 5, 6 and 7
- Regulations
- 223Power to make consequential provision
- 224Regulations: general
- 225Parliamentary procedure for regulations
- Part 12: Interpretation and final provisions
- Interpretation
- 226“Provider” of internet service
- 227“User”, “United Kingdom user” and “interested person”
- 228“Internet service”
- 229“Search engine”
- 230“Age verification” and “age estimation”
- 231“Proactive technology”
- 232Content communicated “publicly” or “privately”
- 233“Functionality”
- 234“Harm” etc
- 235“Online safety functions” and “online safety matters”
- 236Interpretation: general
- 237Index of defined terms
- Final provisions
- 238Financial provisions
- 239Extent
- 240Commencement and transitional provision
- 241Short title
- Schedule 1: Exempt user-to-user and search services
- Part 1: Descriptions of services which are exempt
- 1Email services
- 2SMS and MMS services
- 3Services offering only one-to-one live aural communications
- 4Limited functionality services
- 5Services which enable combinations of user-generated content
- 6Exception to exemptions in paragraphs 1 to 5
- 7Internal business services (entire user-to-user service or search service)
- 8Internal business services (part of user-to-user service or search service)
- 9Services provided by public bodies
- 10Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
- 11Interpretation
- Part 2: Paragraph 10 exemption: descriptions of education and childcare
- 12England
- 13England
- 14England
- 15England
- 16England
- 17England
- 18England
- 19England
- 20England
- 21England
- 22England
- 23England
- 24England
- 25Scotland
- 26Scotland
- 27Scotland
- 28Scotland
- 29Scotland
- 30Scotland
- 31Wales
- 32Wales
- 33Wales
- 34Wales
- 35Wales
- 36Wales
- 37Wales
- 38Northern Ireland
- 39Northern Ireland
- 40Northern Ireland
- 41Northern Ireland
- 42Northern Ireland
- 43Northern Ireland
- 44Northern Ireland
- Part 3: Interpretation
- 45Paragraph 45
- 46Paragraph 46
- 47Paragraph 47
- 48Paragraph 48
- 49Paragraph 49
- 50Paragraph 50
- 51Paragraph 51
- Schedule 2: User-to-user services and search services that include regulated provider pornographic content Not yet in force
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- Schedule 3: Timing of providers’ assessments
- Part 1: Timing of illegal content risk assessments and children’s access assessments
- 1Part 3 services already in operation at the outset of the regime provided for by this Act
- 2New Part 3 services which start up, and existing services which become Part 3 services, between publication of the first illegal content risk assessment guidance and the first CAA guidance
- 3New Part 3 services which start up when illegal content risk assessment guidance and CAA guidance are both available
- 4Existing services which become Part 3 services when illegal content risk assessment guidance and CAA guidance are both available
- Part 2: Timing of children’s risk assessments and section 15(2) assessments
- 5Children’s risk assessments
- 6Section 15(2) assessments
- Part 3: Pre-existing Part 4B services
- 7Interpretation of this Part
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- Part: Pre-existing Part 4B services which are regulated user-to-user services
- 11Application of paragraphs 12 to 14
- 12Illegal content risk assessments and children’s access assessments
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Section 15(2) assessments
- Part: Regulated user-to-user services which include a pre-existing Part 4B service
- 15Application of paragraphs 16 to 20
- 16Illegal content risk assessments and children’s access assessments of Part 4B part
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Section 15(2) assessments of Part 4B part
- 19Application of Part 1 and paragraph 6
- 20Application of paragraph 5
- Part 4: Interpretation, and extension of three-month periods
- 21Interpretation of this Schedule
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26
- 27Paragraph 27
- 28Extension of three-month periods
- Schedule 4: Codes of practice under section 41: principles, objectives, content
- 1General principles
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Online safety objectives
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Content of codes of practice
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Content of codes of practice: age assurance
- 13Content of codes of practice: proactive technology
- 14General
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Interpretation
- Schedule 5: Terrorism offences
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Inchoate offences
- Schedule 6: Child sexual exploitation and abuse offences
- Part 1: England and Wales, and Northern Ireland
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Inchoate offences
- Part 2: Scotland
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Inchoate offences
- Schedule 7: Priority offences
- 1Assisting suicide
- 2Paragraph 2
- 2AEncouraging or assisting serious self-harm
- 3Threats to kill
- 4Public order offences, harassment, stalking and fear or provocation of violence
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Drugs and psychoactive substances
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Firearms and other weapons
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- 19Paragraph 19
- 20Paragraph 20
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Assisting illegal immigration
- 24Human trafficking
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26
- 27Sexual exploitation
- 28Paragraph 28
- 28AParagraph 28A
- 29Paragraph 29
- 30Paragraph 30 Repealed
- 31Paragraph 31
- 32Proceeds of crime
- 33Fraud
- 34Paragraph 34
- 35Financial services
- 36Paragraph 36
- 37Foreign interference
- 38Animal welfare
- 39Inchoate offences
- Schedule 8: Transparency reports by providers of Category 1 services, Category 2A services and Category 2B services
- Part 1: Matters about which information may be required: user-to-user part of service
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- 5Paragraph 5
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- 8Paragraph 8
- 9Paragraph 9
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11 Not yet in force
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14 Not yet in force
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Paragraph 16
- 17Paragraph 17
- 18Paragraph 18
- 19Paragraph 19
- 20Paragraph 20
- Part 2: Matters about which information may be required: search engine
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24
- 25Paragraph 25
- 26Paragraph 26
- 27Paragraph 27
- 28Paragraph 28
- 29Paragraph 29 Not yet in force
- 30Paragraph 30 Not yet in force
- 31Paragraph 31
- 32Paragraph 32
- 33Paragraph 33
- 34Paragraph 34
- 35Paragraph 35
- 36Paragraph 36
- Part 3: Further provision and interpretation
- 37Paragraph 37
- 38Paragraph 38
- 39Paragraph 39
- 40Paragraph 40
- 41Paragraph 41
- 42Paragraph 42
- Schedule 9: Certain internet services not subject to duties relating to regulated provider pornographic content
- 1Internal business services (entire internet service)
- 2Internal business services (part of internet service)
- 3Services provided by public bodies
- 4Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
- 5On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (entire internet service)
- 6On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (part of internet service)
- 7Interpretation
- Schedule 10: Recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs
- 1Recovery of initial costs
- 2Recovery of initial costs: first phase
- 3Further recovery of initial costs
- 4End of the recovery process
- 5Providers for part of a year only
- 6Calculation of the recoverable amount
- 7Regulations about recovery of initial costs
- 8Interpretation
- Schedule 11: Categories of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: regulations
- 1Regulations specifying threshold conditions for categories of Part 3 services
- 2Procedure for first regulations under paragraph 1
- 3Procedure for amending or replacing regulations under paragraph 1
- 4Publication of OFCOM’s advice under paragraphs 2 and 3
- 5Interpretation
- 6Paragraph 6
- 7Paragraph 7
- Schedule 12: OFCOM’s powers of entry, inspection and audit
- 1Authorised persons
- 2Power of entry and inspection without a warrant
- 3Notice requiring information, documents or tests at inspection
- 4Audit
- 5Conditions for issue of a warrant
- 6Evidence of authority
- 7Powers exercisable by warrant
- 8Powers of seizure: supplementary
- 9Further provision about executing warrants
- 10Paragraph 10
- 11Paragraph 11
- 12Paragraph 12
- 13Paragraph 13
- 14Paragraph 14
- 15Paragraph 15
- 16Return of warrants
- 17Restrictions on powers
- 18Offences
- 19Interpretation
- 20Paragraph 20
- 21Paragraph 21
- 22Paragraph 22
- 23Paragraph 23
- 24Paragraph 24
- Schedule 13: Penalties imposed by OFCOM under Chapter 6 of Part 7
- 1Meaning of “penalty” in this Schedule
- 2Amount of penalties: principles
- 3Limitation to type and amount of penalties previously proposed
- 4Maximum amount of penalties
- 5Maximum amount of penalties: group of entities
- 6Recovery of penalties
- Schedule 14: Amendments consequential on offences in Part 10 of this Act
- Part 1: Amendments consequential on offences in sections 179, 181 and 183
- 1Football Spectators Act 1989
- 2Sexual Offences Act 2003
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
- 5Elections Act 2022
- Part 2: Amendments consequential on offence in section 184
- 6Children and Young Persons Act 1933
- 7Visiting Forces Act 1952
- 8Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34 (N.I.))
- 9Criminal Attempts Act 1981
- 10Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1120 (N.I. 13))
- 11Armed Forces Act 2006
- 12Serious Crime Act 2007
- Part 3: Amendments consequential on offences in sections 187 and 188
- 13Children and Young Persons Act 1933
- 14Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
- 15Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992
- 16Sexual Offences Act 2003
- 17Criminal Justice Act 2003
- 18Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
- 19Modern Slavery Act 2015
- 20Sentencing Act 2020
- 21Elections Act 2022
- Part 4: Amendments consequential on section 190
- 22Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
- 23Domestic Abuse Act 2021
- 24Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021
- 25Criminal Justice (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/835)
- Schedule 15: Liability of parent entities etc
- 1Joint provisional notices of contravention
- 2Liability of parent entities for failures by subsidiary entities
- 3Liability of subsidiary entities for failures by parent entities
- 4Liability of fellow subsidiary entities for failures by subsidiary entities
- 5Liability of controlling individuals for failures by entities
- 6OFCOM’s guidance
- 7Interpretation
- 8Interpretation
- 9Interpretation
- Schedule 16: Amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act Repealed
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
- 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
- 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
- 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
- 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
- Schedule 17: Video-sharing platform services: transitional provision etc
- Part 1: Interpretation
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- Part 2: During the transitional period
- 3Pre-existing Part 4B services which are regulated user-to-user services
- 4Regulated user-to-user services that include regulated provider pornographic content
- 5Pre-existing Part 4B services which form part of regulated user-to-user services
- 6Regulated user-to-user services with a Part 4B part and another user-to-user part
- 7Regulated user-to-user services with a Part 4B part and a search engine
- 8Regulated user-to-user services with a Part 4B part but no other user-to-user part or search engine
- 9Assessments of pre-existing Part 4B services or of services which include a pre-existing Part 4B service
- 10Operation of section 368U of the Communications Act
- 11Video-sharing platform services which start up, or start up again, during the transitional period
- 12Video-sharing platform services which start up, or start up again, during the transitional period
- 13Video-sharing platform services which start up, or start up again, during the transitional period
- Part 3: Application of Part 6 of this Act: fees
- 14Introduction
- 15Introduction
- 16Application of section 83
- 17Application of section 83
- 18Application of section 84: transitional charging year
- 19Application of section 84: transitional charging year
- 20Application of section 84: non-transitional charging year
- 21Amounts wholly referable to relevant Part 4B service
- 22Interpretation of this Part
- 23Interpretation of this Part
- 24Interpretation of this Part
- 25Interpretation of this Part
- Part 4: After the end of the transitional period
- 26Interpretation of this Part
- 27Interpretation of this Part
- 28OFCOM as appropriate regulatory authority
- 29Duties of service providers to co-operate with investigations
- 30Demands for information, and enforcement of such demands
- 31Enforcement notifications, financial penalties etc
- 32Suspension or restriction of service for contraventions or failures