Online Safety Act 2023UK · 2023 c. 50
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Sections

Section 8Scope of duties of care

(1) A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a user-to-user service that includes regulated provider pornographic content does not extend to—
  • (a)
    the regulated provider pornographic content, or
  • (b)
    the design, operation or use of the service so far as relating to that content.

See Part 5 for the duties which relate to regulated provider pornographic content, and the meaning of that term.

(2) A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a combined service does not extend to—
  • (a)
    the search content of the service,
  • (b)
    any other content that, following a search request, may be encountered as a result of subsequent interactions with internet services, or
  • (c)
    anything relating to the design, operation or use of the search engine.
(3) A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a user-to-user service extends only to—
  • (a)
    the design, operation and use of the service in the United Kingdom, and
  • (b)
    in the case of a duty that is expressed to apply in relation to users of a service, the design, operation and use of the service as it affects United Kingdom users of the service.

Annotations

Commencement Information

  1. I1 S. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)
  2. I2 S. 8 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(b)