Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) – Section 127 – OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter

Sections

Section 127OFCOM’s guidance about functions under this Chapter

(1) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Part 3 services about how OFCOM propose to exercise their functions under this Chapter.

(2) Before producing the guidance (including revised or replacement guidance), OFCOM must consult the Information Commissioner.

(3) OFCOM must keep the guidance under review.

(4) OFCOM must publish the guidance (and any revised or replacement guidance).

(5) In exercising their functions under this Chapter, or deciding whether to exercise them, OFCOM must have regard to the guidance for the time being published under this section.

Amendment in force, not yet in the text

The following amendment(s) to this Section are now in force, but legislation.gov.uk had not incorporated them in the text in force on 19 September 2026 that this page reproduces, so the text above does not yet show them:

s. 127(2): words substituted by S.I. 2026/386, Sch. 2, para. 26(1), para. 26(2)(g) (comes into force when 2025 c. 18, s. 119 is fully brought into force); commencement: reg. 1(2)

Note: S.I. 2026/386 came into force on 30 September 2026 (reg. 1(2)), when section 119 of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 was fully brought into force by S.I. 2026/1015, reg. 2.

Annotations

Commencement Information

I1 S. 127 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)
I2 S. 127 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z16)

https://osa.digiphile.law/article/article-127.html

Text as at 19 September 2026.

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