{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-csea-content-reporting-by-regulated-user-to-user-service-providers-regulations-2026/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-csea-content-reporting-by-regulated-user-to-user-service-providers-regulations-2026/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/268",
  "legislation_title": "The Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-safety-csea-content-reporting-by-regulated-user-to-user-service-providers-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Making reports to the NCA",
  "text": "(1) Where the reporting duty applies, a report must be sent by the provider or the third party provider to the NCA, in accordance with the time frames set out in paragraph (7).\n(2) Where a report is sent to the NCA, it must be submitted through the online portal or using an API.\n(3) Reports submitted through the online portal may only be sent by an organisation administrator, a deputy organisation administrator or any other authorised person.\n(4) The report—\n(a) must contain the information set out in Schedule 1 (where that information is available),\n(b) must contain an indication of priority level, as defined in paragraph (6),\n(c) must comply with the formatting requirements set out in Schedule 2, and\n(d) may contain any other available information that is relevant to the incident of CSEA content.\n(5) Where any information required by Schedule 1 is not available at the time the report is to be made, an initial report must be made containing the information which is available, followed by a supplementary report as soon as other information becomes available.\n(6) The criteria for assessing priority levels are—\n(a) Priority level 1: where there is information which suggests that there is an immediate threat to a child’s life, or immediate risk of serious harm to a child;\n(b) Priority level 2: where there is information which suggests that there could be a risk of serious harm to a child in the near future, or that urgent safeguarding of a child might be required;\n(c) Priority level 3: where the criteria for priority level 1 or 2 are not reached.\n(7) The time frames for sending reports are—\n(a) for priority level 1, immediately;\n(b) for priority level 2, as soon as reasonably practicable;\n(c) for priority level 3, without undue delay.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/268/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:29.969467+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."
}