{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-197",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-197.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "section/197",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "197",
  "heading": "Liability of parent entities etc",
  "text": "Schedule 15 contains provision about—\n(a) the giving of joint provisional notices of contravention to parent entities etc,\n(b) the liability of parent entities for failures by subsidiary entities,\n(c) the liability of subsidiary entities for failures by parent entities,\n(d) the liability of fellow subsidiary entities for failures by subsidiary entities, and\n(e) the liability of controlling individuals for failures by entities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 197 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 197 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/197",
    "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."
}