PART 12Interpretation and final provisions
Interpretation
237Index of defined terms
The following table sets out terms defined or explained for this Act or for a Part of this Act.
Term | Provision |
|---|---|
adult | section 236 |
age estimation | section 230 |
age verification | section 230 |
audit notice | section 236 |
automated tool | section 236 |
capacity (of a provider) | section 236 |
Category 1 service | section 95(10)(a) |
Category 2A service | section 95(10)(b) |
Category 2B service | section 95(10)(c) |
charging year (in Part 6) | section 90 |
child | section 236 |
children’s access assessment (in Part 3) | section 35 |
combined service | section 4(7) |
the Communications Act | section 236 |
confirmation decision | section 236 |
content | section 236 |
content that is harmful to children (in Part 3) | section 60 |
the Convention | section 236 |
country | section 236 |
CSEA content (in Part 3) | section 59 |
document | section 236 |
encounter (content) (except in Part 10) | section 236 |
entity | section 236 |
freedom of expression | section 236 |
functionality | section 233 |
harm (except in Part 10) | section 234 |
identifying content | section 236 |
illegal content (in Part 3) | section 59 |
information notice | section 236 |
initial charging year (in Part 6) | section 90 |
interested person | section 227 |
internet service | section 228 (see also section 204(1)) |
journalistic content (in Part 3) | section 19 |
likely to be accessed by children (in Part 3) | section 37 |
measure | section 236 |
news publisher content (in Part 3) | |
non-designated content that is harmful to children (in Part 3) | section 60 |
notice | section 236 |
notify, notification | section 236 |
OFCOM | section 236 |
online safety functions | section 235 |
online safety matters | section 235 |
paid-for advertisement | section 236 |
Part 3 service | section 4(3) |
person (except in Part 10) | section 236 |
personal data | section 236 |
pornographic content | section 236 |
primary priority content that is harmful to children (in Part 3) | section 61 |
priority content that is harmful to children (in Part 3) | section 62 |
priority illegal content (in Part 3) | section 59 |
priority offence (in Part 3) | section 59 |
proactive technology | section 231 |
processing (of data) | section 236 |
provider | section 226 |
provider pornographic content (in Part 5) | section 79 |
provisional notice of contravention | section 236 |
publicly available | section 236 |
publicly/privately (in relation to communication of content) | section 232 |
published or displayed (in relation to pornographic content) (in Part 5) | section 79 |
recognised news publisher (in Part 3) | section 56 |
regulated provider pornographic content (in Part 5) | section 79 |
regulated search service | section 4(2) |
regulated service | section 4(4) |
regulated user-generated content (in Part 3) | section 55 |
regulated user-to-user service | section 4(2) |
restricting users’ access to content (in Part 3) | section 58 |
search | section 57 |
search content | section 57 |
search engine | section 229 |
search request | section 57 |
search results | section 57 |
search service | section 3 (see also section 204(1)) |
systems and/or processes | section 236 |
taking down (content) | section 236 |
terms of service | section 236 |
terrorism content (in Part 3) | section 59 |
United Kingdom user | section 227 |
user | section 227 |
user-generated content (in Part 3) | |
user-to-user part (of a service) | section 236 |
user-to-user service | section 3 (see also section 204(1)) |