Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 20

  (1)   This section sets out the circumstances in which an internet carriage service is taken, for the purposes of section   1 9 , to be supplied to the public.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   an internet carriage service is used for the carriage of material between 2 end - users; and

  (b)   each end - user is outside the immediate circle of the supplier of the service;

the service is supplied to the public.

Note:   If a company makes internet material available for access on the internet, and an individual obtains access to the material using an internet carriage service, the company and the individual are end - users in relation to the carriage of the material by the internet carriage service.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   an internet carriage service is used to supply point - to - multipoint services to end - users; and

  (b)   at least one end - user is outside the immediate circle of the supplier of the service;

the service is supplied to the public.