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ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 18

On - demand program service

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, on - demand program service means a service:

  (a)   that is provided to end - users using an internet carriage service; and

  (b)   to the extent to which the service provides material that is identical to a program that has been, or is being, transmitted on:

  (i)   a commercial television broadcasting service provided under a commercial television broadcasting licence; or

  (ii)   a subscription television broadcasting service provided under a subscription television broadcasting licence; or

  (iii)   a subscription television narrowcasting service; or

  (iv)   a television broadcasting service provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; or

  (v)   a television broadcasting service provided by the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation.

  (2)   For the purposes of subsection   ( 1), in determining whether material is identical to a program, disregard any differences that are attributable to the technical characteristics of the provision or transmission (for example, video resolution or sound quality).

  (3)   For the purposes of subsection   ( 1), in determining whether material is identical to a program, disregard the presence or absence of:

  (a)   a watermark - type logo; or

  (b)   a watermark - type insignia.

  (4)   An expression used in paragraph   ( 1)(b) has the same meaning in that paragraph as it has in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 .



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