Online Safety Act 2023

211 Repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act: transitional provision etc U.K.

(1) Schedule 17 contains transitional, transitory and saving provision—

(a) about the application of this Act and Part 4B of the Communications Act during a period before the repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act (or, in the case of Part 3 of Schedule 17, in respect of charging years as mentioned in that Part);

(b) in connection with the repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act.

(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make transitional, transitory or saving provision of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b).

(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may amend or repeal—

(a) Part 3 of Schedule 3;

(b) Schedule 17.

(4) Regulations under subsection (2) may, in particular, make provision about—

(a) the application of Schedule 17 in relation to a service if the transitional period in relation to that service ends on a date before the date when section 210 comes into force;

(b) the application of Part 3 of Schedule 17, including further provision about the calculation of a provider’s non-Part 4B qualifying worldwide revenue for the purposes of paragraph 19 of that Schedule;

(c) the application of Schedule 10 (recovery of OFCOM’s initial costs), and in particular how fees chargeable under that Schedule may be calculated, in respect of charging years to which Part 3 of Schedule 17 relates.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 211 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)

I2 S. 211 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z29)