Online Safety Act 2023

25 Scope of duties of care

(1) A duty set out in this Chapter which must be complied with in relation to a search service extends only to—

(a) the search content of the service,

(b) the design, operation and use of the search engine in the United Kingdom, and

(c) in the case of a duty that is expressed to apply in relation to users of a service, the design, operation and use of the search engine as it affects United Kingdom users of the service.

(2) For the purposes of the application of this Chapter in relation to the search engine of a combined service (see section 7(6))—

(a) a duty set out in this Chapter which requires a matter to be included in a publicly available statement may be satisfied by including the matter in the terms of service;

(b) references in this Chapter (except in section 24) to a search service are to be read as references to the search engine;

(c) references in this Chapter (except in section 24) to the provider of a search service are to be read as references to the provider of the combined service.