Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 159

  (1)   If the Commissioner is satisfied that:

  (a)   a person is the supplier of an internet carriage service; and

  (b)   there were 2 or more occasions during the previous 12 months on which the person contravened a civil penalty provision of this Part ; and

  (c)   as a result of those contraventions, the continued operation of that internet carriage service represents a significant community safety risk;

the Commissioner may apply to the Federal Court for an order that the person cease supplying that i nternet carriage service.

  (2)   If the Federal Court is satisfied, on such an application, that:

  (a)   the person is the supplier of an internet carriage service; and

  (b)   there were 2 or more occasions during the previous 12 months on which the person contravened a civil penalty provision of this Part ; and

  (c)   as a result of those contraventions, the continued operation of that internet carriage service represents a significant community safety risk;

the Federal Court may order the person to cease supplying that internet carriage service.