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The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2026

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2026 No. 262 (C. 20)

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2026

Made9th March 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 240(1) and (2) of the Online Safety Act 20231.

1 Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2026.

2 Provisions coming into force on 7th April 2026

1 Subject to paragraph (2), the following provisions of the Online Safety Act 2023 come into force on 7th April 2026—
a section 66(1) and (2) (requirement to report CSEA content: regulated user-to-user services);
b section 66(7) to (10) (requirement to report CSEA content: supplementary);
c section 69 (offence in relation to CSEA reporting);
d section 100(6)(a)(iii) (power to require information);
e section 104(13)(a)(xii) (reports by skilled persons);
f section 120(2)(a) (admissibility of statements);
g sections 199 to 203 (offences: supplementary and general) in respect of section 69;
h section 204(2) to (4) (extra-territorial application) in respect of section 69;
i section 205 (offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction) in respect of section 69;
j paragraph 12 of Schedule 8 (transparency reports: matters about which information may be required).
2 The provisions referred to in sub-paragraphs (b) to (i) of paragraph (1) come into force only so far as they relate to regulated user-to-user services.

Footnotes

  1. 1
    2023 c. 50.
  2. 2
    The Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/371 (C. 13)) (“the Regulations”) were revoked by the Online Safety Act 2023 (Commencement No. 5) (Revocation) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1064 (C. 51)) before the date on which provisions to be commenced by the Regulations would have been so commenced.