Law note · United Kingdom
Online Safety Act 2023, Part 5 (duties of providers of regulated provider pornographic content)
cite Online Safety Act 2023, c. 50, ss. 79-82 (Part 5)
stage IN FORCE in force since 2025-01-17
reviewed 2026-07-15
Requires providers that publish or display their own, non-user-generated pornographic content to ensure, using age verification or age estimation or both, that children cannot normally encounter that content. The method used must be highly effective at correctly determining whether a user is a child, and providers must keep written records and publish a public statement on the methods used. The duty in section 81 came into force on 17 January 2025.
Primary source: official statute text, legislation.gov.uk