UK OSA Part 7 Chapter 6 - OFCOM enforcement: provisional notices, confirmation decisions, penalties and business disruption…
Ofcom can impose penalties up to £18M or 10% of global revenue and pursue business disruption measures; services must cooperate with investigations
Where this comes from
Provision: Part 7 Chapter 6 - OFCOM enforcement: provisional notices, confirmation decisions, penalties and business disruption measures
Instrument: UK Online Safety Act 2023
Citation: Online Safety Act 2023, c. 50, s 130 (provisional notice of contravention), s 131 (requirements enforceable by OFCOM against providers of regulated services), s 132 (confirmation decisions), s 139 (penalty for failure to comply with a confirmation decision), s 140 (penalty for failure to comply with a notice under s 121(1)), s 143 and Sch 13 para 4(1) (amount of penalties), s 144 (service restriction orders), s 145 (interim service restriction orders), s 146 (access restriction orders)
Text version: Online Safety Act 2023 c. 50, revised text as displayed on legislation.gov.uk on 2026-09-21 ('up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 September 2026'), including the amendments made by the Crime and Policing Act 2026 in force from 29 June 2026 (S.I. 2026/689) and s 66 in force from 7 April 2026 (S.I. 2026/262). The as-enacted text is superseded.
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service allows user-generated content
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Provision recorded in the compliance register with an accountable owner
- Team briefed on the exposure / penalties and the conditions that trigger them
- Register entry is flagged for review on any relevant regulatory change
Questions people ask
- Does UK OSA Part 7 Chapter 6 - OFCOM enforcement: provisional notices, confirmatio… apply to my service?
- It applies when Service allows user-generated content.
- From when does this apply?
- UK OSA Part 7 Chapter 6 - OFCOM enforcement: provisional notices, confirmatio… applies from 10 January 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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