Online Safety Act 2023

Application of paragraph 5

20 (1) This paragraph sets out how paragraph 5 (children’s risk assessments) is to apply if a CAA is required to be carried out in accordance with—

(a) paragraph 16 or 17 (CAA of Part 4B part of a service),

(b) paragraph 19(3) (CAA of the rest of a service), or

(c) paragraph 19(5)(b) (CAA of search engine of a service).

(2) The definition of “the relevant day” is to operate by reference to the CAA that was (or was required to be) carried out, and accordingly, references to the day on which the service is to be treated as likely to be accessed by children are to be read as references to the day on which the Part 4B part of the service, the rest of the service or the search engine of the service (as the case may be) is to be treated as likely to be accessed by children.

(3) References to a children’s risk assessment of the service are to a children’s risk assessment of the Part 4B part of the service, the rest of the service or the search engine of the service (as the case may be).