# Online Safety Act 2023, Section 217A: Power to impose duties about pornographic content


(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this Act for or in connection with the imposition, on providers of regulated services or regulated services of a particular kind, of duties relating to—
(a) verifying the age of individuals appearing in pornographic content published or displayed on those regulated services (“age verification duties”);
(b) verifying whether individuals appearing in pornographic content published or displayed on those regulated services consent to the content being published or displayed (“consent verification duties”).
(2) Age verification duties and consent verification duties may include duties relating to the systems and processes used to operate regulated services, or regulated services of a particular kind.
(3) Consent verification duties may include duties relating to cases where consent previously given is withdrawn.
(4) Regulations under this section may make provision requiring OFCOM to issue guidance to providers of regulated services, or regulated services of a particular kind, to assist them to comply with age verification duties and consent verification duties.
(5) The provisions of this Act that may be amended by the regulations in connection with the imposition of age verification duties and consent verification duties include, but are not limited to, section 131(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/section/217A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-217A
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