Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00710:reg:24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00710
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 24
Character Range: 74042–75830

24  Safety features and settings
 (1) This section applies to the following:
 (a) a Tier 1 designated internet service;
 (b) a Tier 2 designated internet service;
 (c) an end-user managed hosting service; and
 (d) a high impact generative AI DIS.

Minimum requirements—generally
 (2) Before the provider of the service makes a material change to the service, the provider must:
 (a) carry out an assessment of the kinds of features and settings that could be incorporated into the service to minimise the risk that class 1A material or class 1B material:
 (i) will be generated by, accessed by, or distributed to, end-users in Australia using the service; or
 (ii) will be stored on the service; and
 (b) determine, on the basis of the assessment, the most appropriate and effective features and settings for the service; and
 (c) ensure that the service as so changed incorporates at all times the features and settings so determined.
 (3) Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit subsection (2) and apply whether or not a material change is made or proposed to the service.

Further minimum requirements for a provider of a Tier 1 designated internet service
 (4) The provider of a Tier 1 designated internet service must:
 (a) implement measures that ensure that material can only be posted to or distributed on the service by a registered account holder; and
 (b) make clear in terms of use that an Australian child is not permitted to hold an account on the service.
 (5) The provider of the service must take appropriate action to:
 (a) ensure that a child in Australia who is known by the provider to be under the age of 18 does not become an end-user of the service; and
 (b) stop access to the service by a child in Australia who is known by the provider to be under the age of 18.