Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 571
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
The Online Safety Act 2023 (Pre-existing Part 4B Services Assessment Start Day) Regulations 2024
Made
24th April 2024
Laid before Parliament
30th April 2024
Coming into force
22nd May 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Online Safety Act 2023( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Online Safety Act 2023 (Pre-existing Part 4B Services Assessment Start Day) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 22nd May 2024.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Specified date for the purposes of the meaning of “assessment start day”
2. The date specified for the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(a) of Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Online Safety Act 2023 (meaning of “ assessment start day ” in relation to a pre-existing Part 4B service( 2 )) is 2nd September 2024.
Saqib Bhatti
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
24th April 2024
As defined in paragraph 7(1) of Part 3 of Schedule 3 to the Online Safety Act 2023.