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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Online Safety Act 2023 (Priority Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 No. 1188
2.—(1) Schedule 7 to the Online Safety Act 2023 (priority offences) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) Before paragraph 29 (but after the italic heading “sexual images”) insert —
“28A. An offence under section 66B of the Sexual Offences Act 2003(1) (sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph or film).”.
(3) Omit paragraph 30.
2003 c. 42, amended by section 188 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50).
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