{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-90",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023/section-90.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/50",
  "legislation_title": "Online Safety Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-act-2023",
  "path": "section/90",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "90",
  "heading": "Meaning of “charging year” and “initial charging year”",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“charging year” means any period of 12 months beginning with 1 April, except such a period that falls before the initial charging year;\n“initial charging year” means the period of 12 months beginning with 1 April specified by OFCOM in a notice published for the purposes of this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 90 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(4)(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/section/90",
    "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."
}