216 Power to regulate app stores: supplementary
Online Safety Act 2023 (2023 c 50) | Legislation

216  Power to regulate app stores: supplementary

(1)     In this section (except in subsection (4)(c)) “regulations” means regulations under section 215(1).

(2)     Provision may be made by regulations only for or in connection with the purposes of minimising or mitigating the risks of harm to children presented by harmful content as mentioned in section 215(3)(a) and (b).

(3)     Regulations may not have the effect that any body other than OFCOM is the regulator in relation to app stores.

(4)     Regulations may—

(a)     make provision exempting specified descriptions of app stores from regulation under this Act;

(b)     make provision amending Part 2, section 55 or Schedule 1 in connection with provision mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c)     make provision corresponding or similar to provision which may be made by regulations under paragraph 1 of Schedule 11 (“threshold conditions”), with the effect that

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