Guidance: Online Safety Act: Draft amendments to the Protection of Children Code of Practice for user-to-user services

We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. Draft amendments prepared under section 41 of the Online Safety Act 2023 and submitted to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 43(2) on 12 June 2026. Get emails about this page Documents Explanatory Memorandum: Draft amendments (No. 2) to the Illegal content Codes of Practice for user-to-user services and Draft amendments to the Protection of Children Code of Practice for user-to-user services HTML Explanatory Memorandum: Draft amendments (No.2) to the Illegal content Codes of Practice for user-to-user services and Draft amendments to the Protection of Children Code of Practice for user-to-user services Unnumbered command paper PDF , 205 KB , 7 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Draft amendments to the Protection of Children Code of Practice for user-to-user services Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6625-1 , E03629527 06/26 Draft amendments to the Protection of Children Code of Practice for user-to-user services (print-ready) Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6625-1, E03629527 06/26 PDF , 234 KB , 12 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Draft amendments to the Protection of Children Code of Practice for user-to-user services (web-accessible) Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-6625-1, E03629527 06/26 PDF , 236 KB , 12 pages This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Under section 41 of the Online Safety Act, Ofcom must prepare and issue codes of practice regarding duties about child safety (section 41(3)). The codes describe measures that services can take to fulfil their child safety duties under the Act. Get emails about this page Print this page Related content Is this page useful? Maybe Yes this page is useful No this page is not useful Thank you for your feedback Report a problem with this page Help us improve GOV.UK Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript ) .