Secondary Legislation under Online Safety Act 2023

Showing 12 Statutory Instruments linked to this bill.

Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) Regulations 2026

Reference: 2026 No. 268
Laid before Parliament: 12 March 2026
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text Section 66 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) requires certain providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content (“CSEA content”) detected on their internet service to the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). If these providers already have arrangements in place for reporting CSEA content to a foreign agency which is exercising functions similar to the NCA (such as the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the United States of America), then this content is not required by section 66 to be reported to the NCA.

Online Safety Act 2023 (Fees) (Threshold Figure) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 1204
Laid before Parliament: 20 November 2025
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations are the first regulations to be made under section 86 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (“the Act”). They specify the “threshold figure” for the purposes of section 83 (duty to notify OFCOM) and section 84 of that Act (duty to pay fees).

Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

Laid before Parliament: 21 October 2025
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (“the Act”). Criminal offences listed in Schedule 7 to the Act are made ‘priority offences’ by section 59(7)(c) of the Act. Part 3 of the Act imposes duties on providers of certain internet services in relation to priority offences and content which amounts to these offences.

Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) (Revocation) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 1066
Laid before Parliament: 10 October 2025
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations revoke the Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) Regulations 2025.

Online Safety Act 2023 (Fees Notification) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 747
Laid before Parliament: 26 June 2025
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations are made under the Online Safety Act 2023 (the “Act”).

Online Safety Act 2023 (Qualifying Worldwide Revenue) Regulations 2025

Laid before Parliament: 26 June 2025
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations are made under the Online Safety Act 2023 (the “Act”).

Online Safety Super-Complaints (Eligibility and Procedural Matters) Regulations 2025

Laid before Parliament: 9 June 2025
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text Under section 169(1) of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (power to make super-complaints) an eligible entity may make a complaint to OFCOM about certain issues relating to online safety. These Regulations set out the criteria that an entity must meet to be an “eligible entity” for this purpose and contain provision about procedural matters relating to such complaints.

Online Safety (CSEA Content Reporting by Regulated User-to-User Service Providers) Regulations 2025

Reference: 2025 No. 368
Laid before Parliament: 20 March 2025
Procedure: Made negative
Parliament Page Legislation Text
Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text Section 66 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (“OSA”) requires certain providers of regulated user-to-user services to report child sexual abuse and exploitation content (“CSEA content”) to the National Crime Agency (“NCA”). If these providers are already reporting CSEA to a body which is exercising functions similar to the NCA, then this content is not required by section 66 to be reported to the NCA.

Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025

Laid before Parliament: 16 December 2024
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations are made under the Online Safety Act 2023 (“the Act”) to provide for threshold conditions for Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B services.

Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 12 September 2024
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations amend the priority offences set out in Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023 (“the Act”). Criminal offences listed in Schedule 7 to the Act are made ‘priority offences’ by section 59 of the Act. Part 3 of the Act imposes duties on providers of certain internet services in relation to priority offences and content which amounts to these offences.

Online Safety Act 2023 (Pre-existing Part 4B Services Assessment Start Day) Regulations 2024

Reference: 2024 No. 571
Laid before Parliament: 30 April 2024
Procedure: Made negative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations specify the date from which Video-Sharing Platforms (VSPs) known as “pre-existing Part 4B services” are subject to the requirement to complete assessments, in line with sections 9 (illegal content risk assessment duties), 11 (children’s risk assessment duties) and 35 (children’s access assessments or CAAs) of the Online Safety Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”).

Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024

Laid before Parliament: 28 November 2023
Procedure: Draft affirmative
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Enabling Acts
Online Safety Act 2023
SI explanatory text These Regulations specify those overseas regulators with whom the Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) can co-operate under their power in section 114 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50) (“the Act”). “Overseas regulator” is defined in section 114(7) as “a person exercising functions in a country outside the United Kingdom which correspond to any of OFCOM’s online safety functions” (defined in section 235).