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Online Safety Act 2021

No. 76, 2021

Compilation No. 3

Compilation date: 11 December 2024

                Includes amendments: Act No. 127, 2024

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Online Safety Act 2021 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 11 December 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Objects of this Act
4 Simplified outline of this Act
5 Definitions
6 Cyber‑bullying material targeted at an Australian child
7 Cyber‑abuse material targeted at an Australian adult
8 Determining whether material is offensive
9 Material that depicts abhorrent violent conduct
10 When material is provided on a social media service, relevant electronic service or designated internet service
11 When material is posted by an end‑user of a social media service, relevant electronic service or designated internet service
12 When material is removed from a social media service, relevant electronic service or designated internet service
13 Social media service
13A Relevant electronic service
14 Designated internet service
15 Intimate image
16 Non‑consensual intimate image of a person
17 Hosting service
18 On‑demand program service
19 Internet service providers
20 Supply of internet carriage service to the public
21 Consent
22 Crown to be bound
23 Application of this Act
24 Convention on the Rights of the Child
Part 2—eSafety Commissioner