Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00711:reg:18:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00711
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 42410–45183

18  Safety features and settings
 (1) This section applies to the following:
 (a) a pre-assessed relevant electronic service;
 (b) a Tier 1 relevant electronic service;
 (c) a Tier 2 relevant electronic service.
 (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 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), (5), (6) and (7) do not limit subsection (2) and apply whether or not a material change is made or proposed to the service.

Communication relevant electronic services, gaming services with communications functionality and Tier 1 relevant electronic services
 (4) In the case of each of the following:
 (a) a communication relevant electronic service the predominant purpose of which is:
 (i) to enable end-users in Australia to view, search for or communicate with other end-users (target end-users) on the service without knowing the target end-users' phone numbers or email address; or
 (ii) to recommend target end-users to end-users in Australia, based on interests or connections common to the end-users;
 (b) a gaming service with communications functionality; and
 (c) a Tier 1 relevant electronic service;
the provider must ensure that:
 (d) if the service allows the sending of messages between end-users—it has tools and settings that allow end-users in Australia to block messages from other end-users; and
 (e) if the service displays, or allows for the display of, an end-user's online status—it has tools and settings that an end-user in Australia can use to prevent the display or communication of the end-user's online status; and
 (f) if the provider allows young Australian children to become account holders or end-users of the service—it has tools and settings that prevent end-users who are over 18 from using the service to contact a young Australian child without the consent of the child's parent or carer; and
 (g) the account of a young Australian child with the service is private by default; and
 (h) the location of a young Australian child who is an end-user of the service is not available to end-users of the service without the consent of the child's parent or carer.

Dating services
 (5) The provider of a dating service must ensure that the tools and settings