Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:2:p16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 16/97)
Character Range: 1649873–1652720

not commit an offence against subsection (1) merely because the person uses a carriage service to:
 (a) engage in public discussion or debate about euthanasia or suicide; or
 (b) advocate reform of the law relating to euthanasia or suicide;
if the person does not:
 (c) intend to use the material concerned to counsel or incite committing or attempting to commit suicide; or
 (d) intend that the material concerned be used by another person to counsel or incite committing or attempting to commit suicide.
 (4) To avoid doubt, a person does not commit an offence against subsection (2) merely because the person uses a carriage service to:
 (a) engage in public discussion or debate about euthanasia or suicide; or
 (b) advocate reform of the law relating to euthanasia or suicide;
if the person does not:
 (c) intend to use the material concerned to promote a method of committing suicide or provide instruction on a method of committing suicide; or
 (d) intend that the material concerned be used by another person to promote a method of committing suicide or provide instruction on a method of committing suicide; or
 (e) intend the material concerned to be used by another person to commit suicide.

474.29B  Possessing, controlling, producing, supplying or obtaining suicide related material for use through a carriage service
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person:
 (i) has possession or control of material; or
 (ii) produces, supplies or obtains material; and
 (b) the material directly or indirectly:
 (i) counsels or incites committing or attempting to commit suicide; or
 (ii) promotes a particular method of committing suicide; or
 (iii) provides instruction on a particular method of committing suicide; and
 (c) the person has that possession or control, or engages in that production, supply or obtaining, with the intention that the material be used:
 (i) by that person; or
 (ii) by another person;
  in committing an offence against section 474.29A (using a carriage service for suicide related material).
Penalty: 1,000 penalty units.
 (2) A person may be found guilty of an offence against subsection (1) even if committing the offence against section 474.29A (using a carriage service for suicide related material) is impossible.
 (3) It is not an offence to attempt to commit an offence against subsection (1).

Subdivision H—Offences relating to use of carriage service for sharing of abhorrent violent material

474.30  Definitions
  In this Subdivision:
abhorrent violent conduct has the meaning given by section 474.32.
abhorrent violent material has the meaning given by section 474.31.
consent means free and voluntary agreement.
content service means:
 (a) a social media service (within the meaning of the Online Safety Act 2021); or
 (b) a designated internet service (within the meaning of the Online