Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:clause:7_2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 7 cl 2 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 1025553–1028242

2  Definitions
  In this Schedule:
access includes:
 (a) access that is subject to a pre‑condition (for example, the use of a password); and
 (b) access by way of push technology; and
 (c) access by way of a standing request.
adult chat service means a chat service where, having regard to any or all of the following:
 (a) the name of the chat service;
 (b) the way in which the chat service is advertised or promoted;
 (c) the reputation of the chat service;
it would be concluded that the majority of the content accessed by end‑users of the chat service is reasonably likely to be content that is class 1 material or content that is class 2 material covered by paragraph 107(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the Online Safety Act 2021.
carriage service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
class 1 material has the same meaning as in the Online Safety Act 2021.
class 2 material has the same meaning as in the Online Safety Act 2021.
commercial content service means a content service that:
 (a) is operated for profit or as part of a profit‑making enterprise; and
 (b) is provided to the public but only on payment of a fee (whether periodical or otherwise).
content means content:
 (a) whether in the form of text; or
 (b) whether in the form of data; or
 (c) whether in the form of speech, music or other sounds; or
 (d) whether in the form of visual images (animated or otherwise); or
 (e) whether in any other form; or
 (f) whether in any combination of forms.
content service means:
 (a) a service that delivers content to persons having equipment appropriate for receiving that content, where the delivery of the service is by means of a carriage service; or
 (b) a service that allows end‑users to access content using a carriage service;
but does not include:
 (c) a licensed broadcasting service; or
 (d) a national broadcasting service; or
 (e) a re‑transmitted broadcasting service; or
 (f) a licensed datacasting service; or
 (g) a re‑transmitted datacasting service; or
 (h) an exempt Parliamentary content service; or
 (i) an exempt court/tribunal content service; or
 (j) an exempt official‑inquiry content service; or
 (k) an exempt point‑to‑point content service; or
 (l) an exempt internet directory service; or
 (m) an exempt internet search engine service; or
 (n) a service that enables end‑users to communicate, by means of voice calls, with other end‑users; or
 (o) a service that enables end‑users to communicate, by means of video calls, with other end‑users; or
 (p) a service that enables end‑users to communicate, by means of email, with other end‑users; or
 (q) an instant messaging service that:
 (i) enables end‑users to communicate