Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) – Section 229 – “Search engine”
Sections
Section 229“Search engine”
(1) In this Act “search engine”—
- (a)includes a service or functionality which enables a person to search some websites or databases (as well as a service or functionality which enables a person to search (in principle) all websites or databases);
- (b)does not include a service which enables a person to search just one website or database.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a search engine is not to be taken to be “included” in an internet service or a user-to-user service if the search engine is controlled by a person who does not control other parts of the service.
https://osa.digiphile.law/article/article-229.html
Text as at 19 September 2026.
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