All instruments Bill United Kingdom: UK Online Safety Act 2023 No summary is recorded for this instrument. Adopted Not yet reviewed English Open the source (opens in a new tab) Suggest a correction Details Full text Details Identity Title UK Online Safety Act 2023 Original title Not recorded Instrument ID uk-online-safety-act-2023 Type Bill Status Adopted Jurisdiction and publisher Jurisdiction United Kingdom Publisher Not recorded Language English Dates and versions Date October 26, 2023 Versions Enacted · October 26, 2023 Classification Policy areas Not recorded Source Source URL https://bills-api.parliament.uk/api/v1/Publications/49376/Documents/2822/Download Retrieved August 29, 2026 License Unknown. Follow the publisher’s terms. Access note Not recorded Full text 577,486 characters Original text, English · 577,486 characters in 3 parts Load the full text Download as .txt Jump to part Jump to part Part 1 of 3Part 2 of 3Part 3 of 3 Outline (124 headings) PART 1 PART 2 PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 PART 6 PART 7 PART 8 PART 9 PART 10 PART 11 PART 12 Schedule 1 — Exempt user-to-user and search services Part 1 — Descriptions of services which are exempt Part 2 — Paragraph 10 exemption: descriptions of education and Part 3 — Interpretation Schedule 2 — User-to-user services and search services that include Schedule 3 — Timing of providers’ assessments Part 1 — Timing of illegal content risk assessments and children’s Part 2 — Timing of children’s risk assessments Part 3 — Pre-existing Part 4B services Part 4 — Interpretation, and extension of three-month periods Schedule 4 — Codes of practice under section 36: principles, objectives, Schedule 5 — Terrorism offences Schedule 6 — Child sexual exploitation and abuse offences Part 1 — England and Wales, and Northern Ireland Part 2 — Scotland Schedule 7 — Priority offences Schedule 8 — Transparency reports by providers of Category 1 services, Part 1 — Matters about which information may be required: user-to- Part 2 — Matters about which information may be required: search Part 3 — Further provision and interpretation Schedule 9 — Certain internet services not subject to duties relating to Schedule 10 — Recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs Schedule 11 — Categories of regulated user-to-user services and regulated Schedule 12 — OFCOM’s powers of entry, inspection and audit Schedule 13 — Penalties imposed by OFCOM under Chapter 6 of Part 7 Schedule 14 — Amendments consequential on offences in Part 10 of this Act Part 1 — Amendments consequential on offences in sections 160, 162 Part 2 — Amendments consequential on offence in section 167 Schedule 15 — Liability of parent entities etc Schedule 16 — Amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act Schedule 17 — Video-sharing platform services: transitional provision etc Part 1 — Interpretation Part 2 — During the transitional period Part 3 — Application of Part 6 of this Act: fees Part 4 — After the end of the transitional period Part 1 — Introduction Part 2 — Key definitions Schedule 1, or Part 3 — Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care Part 3 services describing measures recommended for the purpose of Schedule 4 contains— Schedule 5. 30 Schedule 6. Part 4 — Other duties of providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services Part 5 — Duties of providers of regulated services: certain pornographic content Schedule 1 (internal business service conditions) are met in relation to Part 6 — Duties of providers of regulated services: fees Schedule 10 makes provision about fees chargeable to providers of regulated 25 PART 7 35 Part 7 — OFCOM's powers and duties in relation to regulated services Schedule 11), at least one of those combinations of conditions is Schedule 12 makes provision about— Schedule. Schedule 13 contains provision about the amount of penalties that OFCOM PART 8 30 Part 8 — Appeals and super-complaints PART 9 10 Part 9 — Secretary of State's functions in relation to regulated services Part 10 — Communications offences Part 11 — Supplementary and general Schedule 15 contains provision about— Schedule 16 contains amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act. Schedule 1. Schedule 9 added in exercise of the power conferred by subsection (6), if the Schedule 1 which relates to England— 45 Part 12 — Interpretation and final provisions Part 3 service section 3(3) Part 5) 25: regulated search service section 3(2) SCHEDULE 1 Sections 2 and 3 Part 2 — Paragraph 10 exemption: descriptions of education and childcare PART 3 20 Schedule 2 — User-to-user services and search services that include regulated provider pornographic content SCHEDULE 2 Section 3 SCHEDULE 3 Sections 8, 10, 22, 24 and 31 Part 3 services already in operation at the outset of the regime provided for by this Act 10 Part 1 — Timing of illegal content risk assessments and children’s access assessments PART 3 35 Part 4B service which— Part 4B part is extended as set out in paragraph 14 or 15 (whichever PART 4 10 SCHEDULE 4 Section 37 Schedule 4 — Codes of practice under section 36: principles, objectives, content SCHEDULE 5 Section 53 SCHEDULE 6 Section 53 SCHEDULE 7 Section 53 SCHEDULE 8 Section 68 PART 1 10 Schedule 8 — Transparency reports by providers of Category 1 services, Category 2A services and Category 2B Part 1 — Matters about which information may be required: user-to-user part of service Part 2 — Matters about which information may be required: search engine PART 3 30 SCHEDULE 9 Section 71 Schedule 9 — Certain internet services not subject to duties relating to regulated provider pornographic cont… SCHEDULE 10 Section 80 25 SCHEDULE 11 Section 85 20 Schedule 11 — Categories of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: regulations SCHEDULE 12 Section 97 Schedule; Schedule, the person provides information that is false in a material 30 Schedule; 20 SCHEDULE 13 Section 130 Schedule 7 to, the Companies Act 2006— SCHEDULE 14 Section 169 Part 1 — Amendments consequential on offences in sections 160, 162 and 164 Part 2, after paragraph 52 insert— PART 2 15 SCHEDULE 15 Section 174 SCHEDULE 16 Section 185 SCHEDULE 17 Section 187 Schedule comes into force includes a reference to a service provided in Part 6 (fees); for the application of Part 6, see Part 3 of this Schedule. 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