11 Children's risk assessment duties
Online Safety Act 2023 (2023 c 50) | Legislation

User-to-user services likely to be accessed by children

11  Children's risk assessment duties

(1)     This section sets out the duties about risk assessments which apply in relation to regulated user-to-user services that are likely to be accessed by children (in addition to the duties about risk assessments set out in section 9 and, in the case of services likely to be accessed by children which are Category 1 services, the duties about assessments set out in section 14).

(2)     A duty to carry out a suitable and sufficient children's risk assessment at a time set out in, or as provided by, Schedule 3.

(3)     A duty to take appropriate steps to keep a children's risk assessment up to date, including when OFCOM make any significant change to a risk profile that relates to services of the kind in question.

(4)     Before making any significant change to any aspect of a service's design or operation, a duty to carry

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