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Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 21
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Internet content hosted in Australia—referral of complaint to an Australian police force
 (2) If a complaint relates to internet content hosted in Australia:
 (a) the ACMA must not investigate the complaint; and
 (b) if the ACMA considers that the complaint should be referred to an Australian police force—the ACMA must:
 (i) refer the complaint to a member of an Australian police force; and
 (ii) give written notice to the complainant stating that the complaint has been so referred.
 (3) The manner in which a complaint may be referred under subsection (2) to a member of an Australian police force includes (but is not limited to) a manner ascertained in accordance with an arrangement between the ACMA and the chief (however described) of the police force concerned.
 (4) If a complaint is referred to a member of an Australian police force under subsection (2), the member may refer the complaint to a member of another Australian police force.
 (5) This section does not, by implication, limit the ACMA's powers to refer other matters to a member of an Australian police force.