{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-195",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-195.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "section/195",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "195",
  "heading": "Providers that are not legal persons",
  "text": "(1) In this section a “relevant entity” means an entity that—\n(a) is the provider of a regulated service, and\n(b) is not a legal person under the law under which it is formed.\n(2) If a penalty notice is given to a relevant entity (in the name of the entity), the penalty must be paid out of the entity’s funds.\n(3) If a notice is given by OFCOM to a relevant entity (in the name of the entity) under any provision of this Act, the notice continues to have effect despite a change in the membership of the entity.\n(4) If a penalty notice is given jointly to two or more officers or members of a relevant entity, those individuals are jointly and severally liable to pay the penalty under it.\n(5) In subsection (4) the reference to officers or members of a relevant entity includes a reference to employees of such an entity or any other individuals associated with such an entity.\n(6) In this section a “penalty notice” means—\n(a) a confirmation decision that imposes a penalty (see sections 132(5)(b) and 137),\n(b) a penalty notice under section 139,\n(c) a penalty notice under section 140(5), or\n(d) a penalty notice under section 141(6).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 195 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 195 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/section/195",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:51:47.656361+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."
}