SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17U.K.Video-sharing platform services: transitional provision etc

PART 1U.K.Interpretation

2U.K.In this Schedule—

“the relevant day”, in relation to a pre-existing Part 4B service or to a service which includes a pre-existing Part 4B service, means—

(a)

the date when section 210 comes into force (repeal of Part 4B of the Communications Act), or

(b)

if the pre-existing Part 4B service ceases to be a video-sharing platform service before the date mentioned in paragraph (a), the date when that service ceases to be a video-sharing platform service;

“safety duties” means the duties mentioned in section 7(2), (4) and (5), except the duties set out in—
(a)
section 9 (illegal content risk assessments),
(b)
section 11 (children’s risk assessments),
(c)
section 14 (assessments related to the adult user empowerment duty set out in section 15(2)), and
(d)
section 23 (2), (9) and (10) (records of assessments);
“the transitional period”, in relation to a pre-existing Part 4B service or to a service which includes a pre-existing Part 4B service, means the period—
(a)
beginning with the date when this Schedule comes into force, and
(b)
ending with the relevant day;
“video-sharing platform service” has the same meaning as in Part 4B of the Communications Act (see section 368S of that Act).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 17 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 240(1)

I2Sch. 17 para. 2 in force at 10.1.2024 by S.I. 2023/1420, reg. 2(z29)