Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) – Section 52 – OFCOM’s guidance about certain duties in Part 3

Sections

Section 52OFCOM’s guidance about certain duties in Part 3

(1) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Category 1 services to assist them in complying with their duties set out in section 14 (assessments related to the adult user empowerment duty set out in section 15(2)).

(2) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Category 1 services to assist them in complying with their duties set out in section 18 (news publisher content).

(3) OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Part 3 services to assist them in complying with—

(a)
their duties set out in section 23 or 34, except the duty set out in section 23(10) or 34(9) (record-keeping and review), and
(b)
their duties set out in section 36 (children’s access assessments).

(4) Before producing guidance under subsection (1) or (3) (including revised or replacement guidance), OFCOM must consult the Information Commissioner.

(5) OFCOM must publish guidance under this section (and any revised or replacement guidance).

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. 52(4): words substituted by S.I. 2026/386, Sch. 2, para. 26(1), para. 26(2)(b) (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. 52(3)-(5) in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(4)(f)
I2 S. 52(1)(2) in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(o)

https://osa.digiphile.law/article/article-52.html

Text as at 19 September 2026.

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