Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) – Section 6 – Overview of Part 3
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Section 6Overview of Part 3
(1) This Part imposes duties of care on providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services and requires OFCOM to issue codes of practice relating to some of those duties.
(2) Chapter 2 imposes duties of care on providers of regulated user-to-user services in relation to content and activity on their services.
(3) Chapter 3 imposes duties of care on providers of regulated search services in relation to content and activity on their services.
(4) Chapter 4 imposes duties on providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services to assess whether a service is likely to be accessed by children.
(5) Chapter 5 imposes duties on providers of certain regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services relating to fraudulent advertising.
(6) Chapter 6 requires OFCOM to issue codes of practice relating to particular duties and explains what effects the codes of practice have.
(7) Chapter 7 is about the interpretation of this Part, and it includes definitions of the following key terms—
- “content that is harmful to children”, “primary priority content that is harmful to children” and “priority content that is harmful to children” (see sections 60 to 62);
- “illegal content”, “priority offence”, “terrorism content”, “CSEA content” and “priority illegal content” (see section 59);
- “search content” (see section 57).
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Text as at 19 September 2026.
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