LegalizeOnline Safety Act 2023
Duties about fraudulent advertising: Category 2A services
Fraud etc offences
Codes of practice about duties
Codes of practice: principles, objectives, content
Procedure for issuing codes of practice
Secretary of State’s powers of direction
Procedure for issuing codes of practice following direction under section 44
Publication of codes of practice
Review of codes of practice
Minor amendments of codes of practice
Relationship between duties and codes of practice
Effects of codes of practice
Duties and the first codes of practice
OFCOM’s guidance: content that is harmful to children and user empowerment
OFCOM’s guidance about protecting women and girls
“Regulated user-generated content”, “user-generated content”, “news publisher content”
“Recognised news publisher”
“Search content”, “search results” etc
Restricting users’ access to content
“Illegal content” etc
“Content that is harmful to children”
“Primary priority content that is harmful to children”
Content harmful to children: OFCOM’s review and report
User identity verification
OFCOM’s guidance about user identity verification
Requirement to report CSEA content to the NCA
Regulations about reports to the NCA
NCA: information sharing
Offence in relation to CSEA reporting
Interpretation of this Chapter
Duty not to act against users except in accordance with terms of service
Disclosure of information about use of service by deceased child users
OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 75
“Provider pornographic content” and “regulated provider pornographic content”
OFCOM’s guidance about transparency reports
“Provider pornographic content” and “regulated provider pornographic content”
Scope of duties about regulated provider pornographic content
Duties about regulated provider pornographic content
OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 81
Secretary of State’s guidance about fees
Duty to pay fees
Regulations by OFCOM about qualifying worldwide revenue etc
Threshold figure
Secretary of State’s guidance about fees
OFCOM’s fees statements
Recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs
Meaning of “charging year” and “initial charging year”
General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act
Duties in relation to strategic priorities
Duty to carry out impact assessments
Meaning of threshold conditions etc
Register of categories of certain Part 3 services
Duty to maintain register
List of emerging Category 1 services
OFCOM’s register of risks, and risk profiles, of Part 3 services
OFCOM’s guidance about risk assessments
Power to require information
Information in connection with an investigation into the death of a child
Information notices
Requirement to name a senior manager
Reports by skilled persons
Investigations
Power to require interviews
Powers of entry, inspection and audit
Amendment of Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
Offences in connection with information notices
Offences in connection with notices under Schedule 12
Offences in connection with notices under Schedule 12
Other information offences
Co-operation and disclosure of information: overseas regulators
Disclosure of information
Intelligence service information
Provision of information to the Secretary of State
Amendment of Enterprise Act 2002
Information for users of regulated services
Admissibility of statements
Notices to deal with terrorism content or CSEA content (or both)
Requirement to obtain skilled person’s report
Warning notices
Matters relevant to a decision to give a notice under section 121(1)
Notices under section 121(1): supplementary
Review and further notice under section 121(1)
OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter
OFCOM’s annual report
Interpretation of this Chapter
Provisional notice of contravention
Requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services
Confirmation decisions
Confirmation decisions: requirements to take steps
Confirmation decisions: risk assessments
Confirmation decisions: children’s access assessments
Confirmation decisions: proactive technology
Confirmation decisions: penalties
Confirmation decisions: offences
Penalty for failure to comply with notice under section 121(1)
Penalty for failure to comply with notice under section 121(1)
Non-payment of fee
Information to be included in notices under sections 140 and 141
Amount of penalties etc
Service restriction orders
Interim service restriction orders
Access restriction orders
Interim access restriction orders
Interaction with other action by OFCOM
Publication by OFCOM of details of enforcement action
Publication by providers of details of enforcement action
OFCOM’s guidance about enforcement action
Advisory committee on disinformation and misinformation
Functions of the Content Board
Research about users’ experiences of regulated services
Consumer consultation
OFCOM’s statement about freedom of expression and privacy
OFCOM’s reports about use of age assurance
OFCOM’s reports about news publisher content and journalistic content
OFCOM’s transparency reports
OFCOM’s report about reporting and complaints procedures
OFCOM’s report about use of app stores by children
OFCOM’s report about researchers’ access to information
OFCOM’s report in connection with investigation into a death
OFCOM’s reports
Media literacy
Media literacy strategy and media literacy statement
Appeals against OFCOM decisions relating to the register under section 95
Appeals against OFCOM notices
Power to make super-complaints
Procedure for super-complaints
OFCOM’s guidance about super-complaints
Statement of strategic priorities
Consultation and parliamentary procedure
Directions about advisory committees
Directions in special circumstances
Secretary of State’s guidance
Annual report on the Secretary of State’s functions
Review
False communications offence
Exemptions from offence under section 179
Threatening communications offence
Interpretation of sections 179 to 181
Offences of sending or showing flashing images electronically
Offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Liability of corporate officers
Powers to amend Part 2 of Schedule 1
Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film
Repeals in connection with offences under sections 179 and 181
Repeals in connection with offences under section 188
Consequential amendments
Providers’ judgements about the status of content
OFCOM’s guidance about illegal content judgements
Time for publishing first guidance under certain provisions of this Act
Providers that are not legal persons
Individuals providing regulated services: liability
Liability of parent entities etc
Former providers of regulated services
Information offences: supplementary
Offence of failure to comply with confirmation decision: supplementary
Defences
Liability of corporate officers for offences
Application of offences to providers that are not legal persons
Extra-territorial application
Offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund
Publication by OFCOM
Service of notices
Amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act
Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act
Offences regarding indecent photographs of children: OFCOM defence
Power to regulate app stores
Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
Power to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
Power to amend section 40
Powers to amend sections 61 and 62
Powers to amend Part 2 of Schedule 1
Power to make consequential provision
“Provider” of internet service
“User”, “United Kingdom user” and “interested person”
Further recovery of initial costs
“Search engine”
“Age verification” and “age estimation”
“Proactive technology”
Content communicated “publicly” or “privately”
“Functionality”
“Harm” etc
“Online safety functions” and “online safety matters”
Interpretation: general
Index of defined terms
Financial provisions
Extent
Commencement and transitional provision
Short title
Email services
SMS and MMS services
Services offering only one-to-one live aural communications
Limited functionality services
Services which enable combinations of user-generated content
Exception to exemptions in paragraphs 1 to 5
Internal business services (entire user-to-user service or search service)
Internal business services (part of user-to-user service or search service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
Interpretation
England
Scotland
Wales
Part 3 services already in operation at the outset of the regime provided for by this Act
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Assisting suicide
Internal business services (entire internet service)
Internal business services (part of internet service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
On-demand programme services (entire internet service)
On-demand programme services (part of internet service)
Interpretation
Recovery of initial costs
Recovery of initial costs: first phase
Further recovery of initial costs
End of the recovery process
Providers for part of a year only
Calculation of the recoverable amount
Regulations about recovery of initial costs
Interpretation
Regulations specifying threshold conditions for categories of Part 3 services
Meaning of “penalty” in this Schedule
Amount of penalties: principles
Limitation to type and amount of penalties previously proposed
Maximum amount of penalties
Maximum amount of penalties: group of entities
Recovery of penalties
Football Spectators Act 1989
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
Elections Act 2022
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Visiting Forces Act 1952
Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34 (N.I.))
Criminal Attempts Act 1981
Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1120 (N.I. 13))
Armed Forces Act 2006
Serious Crime Act 2007
Children and Young Persons Act 1933
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
Modern Slavery Act 2015
Sentencing Act 2020
Elections Act 2022
Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
Domestic Abuse Act 2021
Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021
Criminal Justice (Electronic Commerce) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/835)
Joint provisional notices of contravention
Pre-existing Part 4B services which are regulated user-to-user services
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Regulated user-to-user services that include regulated provider pornographic content
Duties about regulated provider pornographic content
OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 81
Duty to notify OFCOM
Duty to pay fees
Regulations by OFCOM about qualifying worldwide revenue etc
Threshold figure
Secretary of State’s guidance about fees
OFCOM’s fees statements
Recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs
Meaning of “charging year” and “initial charging year”
General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act
Duties in relation to strategic priorities
Duty to carry out impact assessments
Meaning of threshold conditions etc
Register of categories of certain Part 3 services
Duty to maintain register
List of emerging Category 1 services
OFCOM’s register of risks, and risk profiles, of Part 3 services
OFCOM’s guidance about risk assessments
Power to require information
Information in connection with an investigation into the death of a child
Information notices
Requirement to name a senior manager
Reports by skilled persons
Investigations
Power to require interviews
Powers of entry, inspection and audit
Amendment of Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
Offences in connection with information notices
Senior managers’ liability: information offences
Other information offences
Co-operation and disclosure of information: overseas regulators
Disclosure of information
Intelligence service information
Provision of information to the Secretary of State
Amendment of Enterprise Act 2002
Information for users of regulated services
Admissibility of statements
Notices to deal with terrorism content or CSEA content (or both)
Requirement to obtain skilled person’s report
Warning notices
Matters relevant to a decision to give a notice under section 121(1)
Notices under section 121(1): supplementary
Confirmation decisions
OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter
OFCOM’s annual report
Interpretation of this Chapter
Provisional notice of contravention
Requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services
Confirmation decisions
Confirmation decisions: requirements to take steps
Confirmation decisions: risk assessments
Confirmation decisions: children’s access assessments
Confirmation decisions: proactive technology
Confirmation decisions: penalties
Confirmation decisions: offences
Penalty for failure to comply with confirmation decision
Non-payment of fee
Information to be included in notices under sections 140 and 141
Amount of penalties etc
Service restriction orders
Interim service restriction orders
Access restriction orders
Interim access restriction orders
Interaction with other action by OFCOM
Publication by OFCOM of details of enforcement action
Publication by providers of details of enforcement action
OFCOM’s guidance about enforcement action
Advisory committee on disinformation and misinformation
Functions of the Content Board
Research about users’ experiences of regulated services
Consumer consultation
OFCOM’s statement about freedom of expression and privacy
OFCOM’s reports about use of age assurance
OFCOM’s reports about news publisher content and journalistic content
OFCOM’s transparency reports
OFCOM’s report about reporting and complaints procedures
OFCOM’s report about use of app stores by children
OFCOM’s report about researchers’ access to information
OFCOM’s report in connection with investigation into a death
OFCOM’s reports
Media literacy
Media literacy strategy and media literacy statement
Appeals against OFCOM decisions relating to the register under section 95
Appeals against OFCOM notices
Power to make super-complaints
Procedure for super-complaints
OFCOM’s guidance about super-complaints
Statement of strategic priorities
Consultation and parliamentary procedure
Directions about advisory committees
Directions in special circumstances
Secretary of State’s guidance
Annual report on the Secretary of State’s functions
Review
False communications offence
Exemptions from offence under section 179
Threatening communications offence
Interpretation of sections 179 to 181
Offences of sending or showing flashing images electronically
Offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Liability of corporate officers
Sending etc photograph or film of genitals
“Provider” of internet service
Repeals in connection with offences under sections 179 and 181
Repeals in connection with offences under section 188
Consequential amendments
Providers’ judgements about the status of content
OFCOM’s guidance about illegal content judgements
Time for publishing first guidance under certain provisions of this Act
Providers that are not legal persons
Individuals providing regulated services: liability
Liability of parent entities etc
Former providers of regulated services
Information offences: supplementary
Offence of failure to comply with confirmation decision: supplementary
Defences
Liability of corporate officers for offences
“Age verification” and “age estimation”
Extra-territorial application
Offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund
Publication by OFCOM
Service of notices
Amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act
Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act: transitional provision etc
Offences regarding indecent photographs of children: OFCOM defence
Power to regulate app stores
Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
Power to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
Power to amend section 40
Powers to amend or repeal provisions relating to exempt content or services
Powers to amend Schedules 5, 6 and 7
Regulations: general
“Provider” of internet service
“User”, “United Kingdom user” and “interested person”
“Internet service”
“Search engine”
“Age verification” and “age estimation”
“Proactive technology”
Content communicated “publicly” or “privately”
“Functionality”
“Harm” etc
“Online safety functions” and “online safety matters”
Interpretation: general
Index of defined terms
Financial provisions
Extent
Inchoate offences
Short title
Email services
SMS and MMS services
Services offering only one-to-one live aural communications
Limited functionality services
Services which enable combinations of user-generated content
Exception to exemptions in paragraphs 1 to 5
Internal business services (entire user-to-user service or search service)
Internal business services (part of user-to-user service or search service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
Interpretation
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
New Part 3 services which start up, and existing services which become Part 3 services, between publication of the first illegal content risk assessment guidance and the first CAA guidance
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Threats to kill
28A
An offence under any of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003—
- (a) section 66A (sending etc photograph or film of genitals);
- (b) section 66B (sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film).
Internal business services (entire internet service)
Internal business services (part of internet service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (entire internet service)
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (part of internet service)
Interpretation
Recovery of initial costs
Recovery of initial costs: first phase
Further recovery of initial costs
End of the recovery process
Providers for part of a year only
Calculation of the recoverable amount
Regulations about recovery of initial costs
Interpretation
Procedure for first regulations under paragraph 1
Meaning of “penalty” in this Schedule
Amount of penalties: principles
Limitation to type and amount of penalties previously proposed
Maximum amount of penalties: group of entities
Recovery of penalties
Sexual Offences Act 2003
Regulated user-to-user services that include regulated provider pornographic content
“Content that is harmful to children”
“Primary priority content that is harmful to children”
“Priority content that is harmful to children”
Content harmful to children: OFCOM’s review and report
User identity verification
OFCOM’s guidance about user identity verification
Requirement to report CSEA content to the NCA
Regulations about reports to the NCA
NCA: information sharing
Offence in relation to CSEA reporting
Interpretation of this Chapter
Duty not to act against users except in accordance with terms of service
Disclosure of information about use of service by deceased child users
OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 75
Transparency reports about certain Part 3 services
OFCOM’s guidance about transparency reports
Scope of duties about regulated provider pornographic content
Duties about regulated provider pornographic content
OFCOM’s guidance about duties set out in section 81
Duty to notify OFCOM
Duty to pay fees
Regulations by OFCOM about qualifying worldwide revenue etc
Threshold figure
OFCOM’s fees statements
Recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs
Meaning of “charging year” and “initial charging year”
General duties of OFCOM under section 3 of the Communications Act
Duties in relation to strategic priorities
Duty to carry out impact assessments
Meaning of threshold conditions etc
Register of categories of certain Part 3 services
Duty to maintain register
List of emerging Category 1 services
OFCOM’s register of risks, and risk profiles, of Part 3 services
OFCOM’s guidance about risk assessments
Information in connection with an investigation into the death of a child
Information notices
Requirement to name a senior manager
Reports by skilled persons
Investigations
Power to require interviews
Powers of entry, inspection and audit
Amendment of Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
Offences in connection with information notices
Senior managers’ liability: information offences
Offences in connection with notices under Schedule 12
Other information offences
Penalties for information offences
Co-operation and disclosure of information: overseas regulators
Disclosure of information
Intelligence service information
Provision of information to the Secretary of State
Amendment of Enterprise Act 2002
Information for users of regulated services
Admissibility of statements
Notices to deal with terrorism content or CSEA content (or both)
Requirement to obtain skilled person’s report
Warning notices
Matters relevant to a decision to give a notice under section 121(1)
Notices under section 121(1): supplementary
Review and further notice under section 121(1)
OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter
Interpretation of this Chapter
Provisional notice of contravention
Requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services
Confirmation decisions: requirements to take steps
Confirmation decisions: risk assessments
Confirmation decisions: proactive technology
Confirmation decisions: penalties
Confirmation decisions: offences
Penalty for failure to comply with confirmation decision
Penalty for failure to comply with notice under section 121(1)
Non-payment of fee
Information to be included in notices under sections 140 and 141
Amount of penalties etc
Service restriction orders
Interim service restriction orders
Access restriction orders
Interim access restriction orders
Interaction with other action by OFCOM
Publication by OFCOM of details of enforcement action
Publication by providers of details of enforcement action
OFCOM’s guidance about enforcement action
Functions of the Content Board
154A
- (1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require providers of regulated services to provide information for purposes related to the carrying out of independent research into online safety matters.
- (2) Regulations under this section may (for example) provide for—
- (a) the making of applications by persons seeking information;
- (b) the procedure to be followed in the making and determination of applications;
- (c) the grounds on which applications are to be determined;
- (d) the imposition of requirements described in subsection (1) to be effected by means of notices given to providers of regulated services (“researcher access notices”);
- (e) the contents of researcher access notices;
- (f) the procedure to be followed in the giving of researcher access notices;
- (g) the form in which, and the means by which, information is to be provided;
- (h) the safeguards to be applied in respect of the handling of information;
- (i) the charging of fees payable by applicants for information under the regulations and by providers of regulated services;
- (j) the enforcement of requirements imposed by the regulations;
- (k) appeals in respect of decisions taken under the regulations.
- (3) Provision about enforcement under subsection (2)(j) may include provision—
- (a) about investigations (including the making of reports);
- (b) conferring powers of entry, inspection and audit;
- (c) imposing monetary penalties;
- (d) creating offences, but such provision may not impose a penalty for an offence that is greater than a penalty of any of the descriptions mentioned in section 113.
- (4) Regulations under this section—
- (a) may authorise or require anything that is to be done under, or for the purposes of, the regulations to be done by an appropriate person;
- (b) may confer a discretion on an appropriate person for the purposes of provision under paragraph (a);
- (c) may apply (with or without modifications) other provisions of this Act.
- (5) Regulations under this section may apply generally or only in relation to specified descriptions of—
- (a) regulated services;
- (b) persons carrying out independent research;
- (c) research into online safety matters or the purposes of such research;
- (d) information,
and provision made by virtue of section 224(1) in connection with this section may, in particular, make different provision for different descriptions of services, researchers, research or information.
- (6) Regulations under this section may not require—
- (a) processing of personal data that would contravene the data protection legislation (but in determining whether processing of personal data would do so, the duty imposed under the regulations to provide information is to be taken into account);
- (b) provision of information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege, or (in Scotland) to confidentiality of communications, could be maintained in legal proceedings.
- (7) Before making regulations under this section the Secretary of State must consult—
- (a) OFCOM,
- (b) the Information Commissioner,
- (c) persons who appear to the Secretary of State to represent providers of regulated services,
- (d) persons who appear to the Secretary of State to represent the interests of persons carrying out independent research into online safety matters, and
- (e) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
- (8) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) “independent research” is research carried out other than on behalf of a provider of a regulated service;
- (b) references to an “appropriate person” are references to—
- (i) OFCOM, or
- (ii) such other person as the Secretary of State considers appropriate to carry out functions under regulations made under this section (and the regulations may include provision establishing a body for this purpose).
Media literacy
Media literacy strategy and media literacy statement
Appeals against OFCOM decisions relating to the register under section 95
Appeals against OFCOM notices
Power to make super-complaints
Procedure for super-complaints
OFCOM’s guidance about super-complaints
Statement of strategic priorities
Consultation and parliamentary procedure
Directions about advisory committees
Directions in special circumstances
Secretary of State’s guidance
Annual report on the Secretary of State’s functions
Review
False communications offence
Exemptions from offence under section 179
Threatening communications offence
Interpretation of sections 179 to 181
Offences of sending or showing flashing images electronically
Offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Liability of corporate officers
Sending etc photograph or film of genitals
Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film
Repeals in connection with offences under sections 179 and 181
Repeals in connection with offences under section 188
Consequential amendments
OFCOM’s guidance about illegal content judgements
Time for publishing first guidance under certain provisions of this Act
Providers that are not legal persons
Amendments of Part 4B of the Communications Act
Liability of parent entities etc
Former providers of regulated services
Information offences: supplementary
Offence of failure to comply with confirmation decision: supplementary
Defences
Liability of corporate officers for offences
Application of offences to providers that are not legal persons
Extra-territorial application
Offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund
Publication by OFCOM
Service of notices
Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act
Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act
Offences regarding indecent photographs of children: OFCOM defence
Power to regulate app stores
Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
Power to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
Power to amend section 40
“Provider” of internet service
Power to make consequential provision
“Provider” of internet service
Financial provisions
“Search engine”
“Age verification” and “age estimation”
“Proactive technology”
Content communicated “publicly” or “privately”
“Functionality”
“Harm” etc
“Online safety functions” and “online safety matters”
Interpretation: general
Index of defined terms
Financial provisions
Extent
Commencement and transitional provision
Short title
Email services
SMS and MMS services
Services offering only one-to-one live aural communications
Limited functionality services
Services which enable combinations of user-generated content
Exception to exemptions in paragraphs 1 to 5
Internal business services (entire user-to-user service or search service)
Internal business services (part of user-to-user service or search service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
Interpretation
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Part 3 services already in operation at the outset of the regime provided for by this Act
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Assisting suicide
Internal business services (entire internet service)
Internal business services (part of internet service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (entire internet service)
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (part of internet service)
Interpretation
Recovery of initial costs
Recovery of initial costs: first phase
Further recovery of initial costs
End of the recovery process
Providers for part of a year only
Calculation of the recoverable amount
Regulations about recovery of initial costs
Interpretation
Regulations specifying threshold conditions for categories of Part 3 services
Meaning of “penalty” in this Schedule
Amount of penalties: principles
Limitation to type and amount of penalties previously proposed
Maximum amount of penalties
Maximum amount of penalties: group of entities
Recovery of penalties
Football Spectators Act 1989
Pre-existing Part 4B services which are regulated user-to-user services
Offences regarding indecent photographs of children: OFCOM defence
Power to regulate app stores
Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
Power to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
Power to amend section 40
Powers to amend Part 2 of Schedule 1
Power to make consequential provision
“User”, “United Kingdom user” and “interested person”
“Internet service”
“Search engine”
“Proactive technology”
Content communicated “publicly” or “privately”
“Functionality”
“Harm” etc
“Online safety functions” and “online safety matters”
Interpretation: general
Financial provisions
Extent
Commencement and transitional provision
Short title
Email services
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Assisting suicide
Internal business services (entire internet service)
Internal business services (part of internet service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (entire internet service)
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (part of internet service)
Interpretation
Recovery of initial costs
Recovery of initial costs: first phase
Further recovery of initial costs
End of the recovery process
Providers for part of a year only
Calculation of the recoverable amount
Regulations about recovery of initial costs
Interpretation
Regulations specifying threshold conditions for categories of Part 3 services
Meaning of “penalty” in this Schedule
Amount of penalties: principles
Limitation to type and amount of penalties previously proposed
Maximum amount of penalties
Maximum amount of penalties: group of entities
Recovery of penalties
Football Spectators Act 1989
Reports by skilled persons
Investigations
Power to require interviews
Powers of entry, inspection and audit
Amendment of Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001
Offences in connection with information notices
Other information offences
Penalties for information offences
Intelligence service information
Provision of information to the Secretary of State
Amendment of Enterprise Act 2002
Information for users of regulated services
Admissibility of statements
Notices to deal with terrorism content or CSEA content (or both)
Requirement to obtain skilled person’s report
Warning notices
Matters relevant to a decision to give a notice under section 121(1)
Notices under section 121(1): supplementary
Review and further notice under section 121(1)
OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter
OFCOM’s annual report
Interpretation of this Chapter
Provisional notice of contravention
Requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services
Confirmation decisions
Confirmation decisions: risk assessments
Confirmation decisions: children’s access assessments
Confirmation decisions: proactive technology
Confirmation decisions: offences
Penalty for failure to comply with confirmation decision
Penalty for failure to comply with notice under section 121(1)
Non-payment of fee
Information to be included in notices under sections 140 and 141
Amount of penalties etc
Service restriction orders
Interim service restriction orders
Access restriction orders
Interim access restriction orders
Interaction with other action by OFCOM
Publication by OFCOM of details of enforcement action
Publication by providers of details of enforcement action
OFCOM’s guidance about enforcement action
Advisory committee on disinformation and misinformation
Media literacy
Media literacy strategy and media literacy statement
Appeals against OFCOM decisions relating to the register under section 95
Appeals against OFCOM notices
Power to make super-complaints
Procedure for super-complaints
OFCOM’s guidance about super-complaints
Statement of strategic priorities
Consultation and parliamentary procedure
Directions about advisory committees
Directions in special circumstances
Secretary of State’s guidance
Annual report on the Secretary of State’s functions
Review
False communications offence
Exemptions from offence under section 179
Threatening communications offence
Interpretation of sections 179 to 181
Offences of sending or showing flashing images electronically
Offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
Extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Liability of corporate officers
Sending etc photograph or film of genitals
Sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film
Repeals in connection with offences under sections 179 and 181
Repeals in connection with offences under section 188
Consequential amendments
Providers’ judgements about the status of content
OFCOM’s guidance about illegal content judgements
Time for publishing first guidance under certain provisions of this Act
Providers that are not legal persons
Individuals providing regulated services: liability
Liability of parent entities etc
Former providers of regulated services
Information offences: supplementary
Offence of failure to comply with confirmation decision: supplementary
Defences
Liability of corporate officers for offences
Application of offences to providers that are not legal persons
Extra-territorial application
Offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
Payment of sums into the Consolidated Fund
Publication by OFCOM
Service of notices
Offences regarding indecent photographs of children: OFCOM defence
Power to regulate app stores
Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
Power to impose duty about alternative dispute resolution procedure
Power to amend section 40
Power to make consequential provision
“User”, “United Kingdom user” and “interested person”
“Internet service”
“Search engine”
“Age verification” and “age estimation”
“Proactive technology”
Content communicated “publicly” or “privately”
“Functionality”
“Harm” etc
“Online safety functions” and “online safety matters”
Interpretation: general
Extent
Commencement and transitional provision
Short title
Email services
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Inchoate offences
Assisting suicide
2A
An offence under section 184 of this Act (encouraging or assisting serious self-harm).
Internal business services (entire internet service)
Internal business services (part of internet service)
Services provided by public bodies
Services provided by persons providing education or childcare
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (entire internet service)
On-demand programme services and non-UK on-demand programme services that are Tier 1 services (part of internet service)
Interpretation
Recovery of initial costs
Recovery of initial costs: first phase
End of the recovery process
Providers for part of a year only
Calculation of the recoverable amount
Regulations about recovery of initial costs
Interpretation
Meaning of “penalty” in this Schedule
Amount of penalties: principles
Limitation to type and amount of penalties previously proposed
Maximum amount of penalties
Maximum amount of penalties: group of entities
Recovery of penalties
Football Spectators Act 1989
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