There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Online Safety Act 2023, Section 65.
(1)OFCOM must produce guidance for providers of Category 1 services to assist them in complying with the duty set out in section 64(1).
(2)In producing the guidance (including revised or replacement guidance), OFCOM must have particular regard to the desirability of ensuring that providers of Category 1 services offer users a form of identity verification likely to be available to vulnerable adult users.
(3)Before producing the guidance (including revised or replacement guidance), OFCOM must consult—
(a)the Information Commissioner,
(b)persons whom OFCOM consider to have technological expertise relevant to the duty set out in section 64(1),
(c)persons who appear to OFCOM to represent the interests of vulnerable adult users of Category 1 services, and
(d)such other persons as OFCOM consider appropriate.
(4)OFCOM must publish the guidance (and any revised or replacement guidance).
Commencement Information
I1S. 65 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)
I2S. 65 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(r)
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