Chapter 3Providers of search services: duties of care
In Part 3 – Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care
- Section 24Providers of search services: duties of care
(1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply to determine which of the duties set out in this Chapter must be complied with by providers of regulated search services. (2)…
- Section 25Scope of duties of care
(1) A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a search service extends only to— (a) the search content of the…
- Section 26Illegal content risk assessment duties
(1) This section sets out the duties about risk assessments which apply in relation to all regulated search services. (2) A duty to carry out a suitable and…
- Section 27Safety duties about illegal content
(1) This section sets out the duties about illegal content which apply in relation to regulated search services (as indicated by the headings). All services (2) A duty,…
- Section 28Children’s risk assessment duties
(1) This section sets out the duties about risk assessments which apply in relation to regulated search services that are likely to be accessed by children (in addition…
- Section 29Safety duties protecting children
(1) This section sets out the duties to protect children’s online safety which apply in relation to regulated search services that are likely to be accessed by children…
- Section 30Safety duties protecting children: interpretation
(1) In determining what is proportionate for the purposes of section 29 , the following factors, in particular, are relevant— (a) all the findings of the most recent…
- Section 31Duty about content reporting
(1) This section sets out the duty about content reporting which applies in relation to all regulated search services. (2) A duty to operate a service using systems…
- Section 31AReporting of intimate image content
(1) The duty in section 31(2) includes a duty to operate a service using systems and processes that allow users and affected persons to easily make an intimate…
- Section 32Duties about complaints procedures
(1) This section sets out the duties about complaints procedures which apply in relation to all regulated search services. (2) A duty to operate a complaints procedure in…
- Section 33Duties about freedom of expression and privacy
(1) This section sets out the duties about freedom of expression and privacy which apply in relation to all regulated search services. (2) When deciding on, and implementing,…
- Section 34Record-keeping and review duties
(1) This section sets out the record-keeping and review duties which apply in relation to regulated search services (as indicated by the headings). All services (2) A duty…
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Text as at 19 September 2026.
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