Published - Monday 2nd February 2026
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese Regulations make various amendments to legislation in consequence of sections 117, 118 and 119(1) of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18) (“the 2025 Act”). Those sections establish the Information Commission as a body corporate, abolish the office of the Information Commissioner and transfer the functions of …
Published - Tuesday 21st October 2025
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese 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 …
Published - Tuesday 14th October 2025
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese Regulations amend the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1007) (“the 2023 Regulations”).
Published - Monday 9th June 2025
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyUnder 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 …
Published - Tuesday 11th February 2025
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologySection 97 of the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) (“the 2003 Act”) makes provision for the calculation of the amount of a penalty under section 96 or 96A of that Act. The amount of such a penalty is to be determined by reference to a person’s turnover. Section 97(3)(a) enables …
Published - Monday 16th December 2024
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese 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.
Published - Thursday 12th September 2024
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese 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 …
Published - Monday 9th September 2024
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThis Order extends the circumstances in which information with respect to a particular business obtained by the Office of Communications in exercise of a power conferred under the Communications Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”), the Broadcasting Act 1990, the Broadcasting Act 1996 or the Online Safety Act 2023 (“the 2023 …
Published - Thursday 25th April 2024
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese Regulations amend the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (Security Requirements for Relevant Connectable Products) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1007) (“the 2023 Regulations”).
Published - Tuesday 28th November 2023
Department: Department for Science, Innovation & TechnologyThese 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 …