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Online Safety Act 2023

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224 Regulations: general

(1) Regulations under this Act may make different provision for different purposes and may, in particular— (a) make different provision with regard to— (i) user-to-user services, (ii) search services, and (iii) internet services, other than regulated user-to-user services or regulated search services, that are within section 80(2); (b) make different provision with regard to user-to-user services of different kinds; (c) make different provision with regard to search services of different kinds; (d) make different provision with regard to different kinds of services mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii); (e) make different provision with regard to different kinds of internet services within section 80(2). (2) A power to make regulations under this Act includes power to make supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision. This subsection does not apply to regulations under section 223 (consequential provision). (3) Any power of the Secretary of State or OFCOM under this Act to make regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument. (4) The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies in relation to OFCOM’s powers to make regulations under this Act as if OFCOM were a Minister of the Crown. (5) The Documentary Evidence Act 1868 (proof of orders and regulations etc) has effect as if— (a) OFCOM were included in the first column of the Schedule to that Act; (b) OFCOM and persons authorised to act on their behalf were mentioned in the second column of that Schedule. (6) This section does not apply to regulations under section 240 (commencement and transitional provision).

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224 Regulations: general

(1) Regulations under this Act may make different provision for different purposes and may, in particular— (a) make different provision with regard to— (i) user-to-user services, (ii) search services, and (iii) internet services, other than regulated user-to-user services or regulated search services, that are within section 80(2); (b) make different provision with regard to user-to-user services of different kinds; (c) make different provision with regard to search services of different kinds; (d) make different provision with regard to different kinds of services mentioned in paragraph (a)(iii); (e) make different provision with regard to different kinds of internet services within section 80(2). (2) A power to make regulations under this Act includes power to make supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision. This subsection does not apply to regulations under section 223 (consequential provision). (3) Any power of the Secretary of State or OFCOM under this Act to make regulations is exercisable by statutory instrument. (4) The Statutory Instruments Act 1946 applies in relation to OFCOM’s powers to make regulations under this Act as if OFCOM were a Minister of the Crown. (5) The Documentary Evidence Act 1868 (proof of orders and regulations etc) has effect as if— (a) OFCOM were included in the first column of the Schedule to that Act; (b) OFCOM and persons authorised to act on their behalf were mentioned in the second column of that Schedule. (6) This section does not apply to regulations under section 240 (commencement and transitional provision).

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