236 Interpretation: general
Online Safety Act 2023 (2023 c 50) | Legislation

236  Interpretation: general

(1)     In this Act—

“adult” means a person aged 18 or over;

“audit notice” means a notice given under paragraph 4 of Schedule 12;

“automated tool” includes bot;

“capacity”: any reference to the capacity of a provider of a regulated service is to—

(a)     the financial resources of the provider, and

(b)     the level of technical expertise which is available to the provider, or which it is reasonable to expect would be available to the provider given its size and financial resources;

“child” means a person under the age of 18;

“the Communications Act” means the Communications Act 2003;

“confirmation decision” means a notice given under section 132;

“content” means anything communicated by means of an internet service, whether publicly or privately, including written material or messages, oral communications, photographs, videos, visual images, music and data of any description;

“the Convention” has the meaning given by section 21(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998;

“country” includes territory;

“document” means anything in which information (in whatever form) is recorded;

“encounter”, in relation to content, means read, view, hear or otherwise experience content;

“entity” means a body or association of persons or an organisation, regardless of whether

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