PART 3Providers of regulated user-to-user services and regulated search services: duties of care

CHAPTER 7Interpretation of Part 3

I163Content harmful to children: OFCOM’s review and report

1

OFCOM must carry out reviews of—

a

the incidence on regulated user-to-user services of content that is harmful to children,

b

the incidence on regulated search services and combined services of search content that is harmful to children, and

c

the severity of harm that children in the United Kingdom suffer, or may suffer, as a result of those kinds of content.

2

OFCOM must produce and publish a report on the outcome of each review.

3

The report must include advice as to whether, in OFCOM’s opinion, it is appropriate to make changes to sections 61 and 62, specifying the changes that OFCOM recommend.

4

The reports must be published not more than three years apart.

5

The first report must be published before the end of the period of three years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

6

OFCOM must send a copy of each report to the Secretary of State.