# Online Safety Act 2023, Section 229: “Search engine”

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Act “search engine”—
(a) includes a service or functionality which enables a person to search some websites or databases (as well as a service or functionality which enables a person to search (in principle) all websites or databases);
(b) does not include a service which enables a person to search just one website or database.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a search engine is not to be taken to be “included” in an internet service or a user-to-user service if the search engine is controlled by a person who does not control other parts of the service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/section/229 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-229
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