OSA regime: final documents
- The Online Safety Act 2023 - published 30 October 2023
- Online Safety Act - legislation.gov.uk page with links to the Act, commencement orders, regulations etc.
Ofcom statements, codes and guidance
- Statement: online safety fees and penalties - STATEMENT - published 26 June 2025
- Statement: protection children from harms online - FINAL CODES AND GUIDANCE - published 24 April 2025
- Protection of children codes of practice and explanatory memorandum - CODES (Ofcom/DSIT) - published and laid in Parliament 24 April 2025
- Children's risk assessment guidance and risk profiles - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - IN FORCE 24 April 2025
- Children's register of risks - 24 April 2025
- Children's access assessment guidance - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - 24 April 2025
- Guidance on highly effective age assurance for part 3 services - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - 24 April 2025
- Updated record keeping and review guidance - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - IN FORCE 24 April 2025
- Statement: information gathering guidance - FINAL GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - published 26 February 2025
Statement: age assurance and children’s access - FINAL GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - published 16 January 2025
- Statement: protecting people from illegal harms online - FINAL CODES AND GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - published 16 December 2024
- Illegal content codes of practice and explanatory memorandum - CODES (Ofcom/DSIT) - published and laid in Parliament 17 December 2024
- Illegal content risk assessment guidance - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - IN FORCE 16 December 2024
- Record keeping and review guidance - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - 16 December 2024
- Illegal content judgements guidance - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - 16 December 2024
- Online safety enforcement guidance - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - 16 December 2024
- Guidance on content communicated ‘publicly’ and ‘privately’ - GUIDANCE (Ofcom) - 16 December 2024
- Final illegal harms codes
- Final code of practice for user-to-user services - IN FORCE 17 March 2025
- Final code of practice for search - IN FORCE 17 March 2025
OSA: Regulations and Government statements
- Final Statement of Strategic Priorities - DSIT - designated 2 July 2025
- Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations - IN FORCE 27 February 2025
