Contents

1............ Short title............................................................................................. 2

2............ Commencement................................................................................... 2

3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 4

Schedule 1--Repeal of the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015                 5

Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015                                                                          5

Schedule 2--Amendments                                                                                                6

Part 1--General amendments                                                                                   6

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999                                        6

Broadcasting Services Act 1992                                                                               6

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                         12

Criminal Code Act 1995                                                                                          13

Enhancing Online Safety (Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2018           16

Freedom of Information Act 1982                                                                          16

Interactive Gambling Act 2001                                                                               19

Telecommunications Act 1997                                                                                19

Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979                                 20

Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992                                                         20

Part 2--Amendments contingent on the commencement of the Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021                                                         21

Crimes Act 1914                                                                                                         21

Part 3--Amendments contingent on the non-commencement of the Export Market Development Grants Legislation Amendment Act 2020                                                     22

Export Market Development Grants Act 1997                                                     22

Part 4--Amendments contingent on the commencement of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Act 2021                                                                                     23

Online Safety Act 2021                                                                                             23

Schedule 3--Transitional and application provisions                                    24

Part 1--eSafety Commissioner                                                                              24

Part 2--Complaints and objections                                                                      25

Part 3--Provision of material etc.                                                                         28

Part 4--Notices                                                                                                              30

Part 5--Protection from proceedings                                                                  32

Part 6--Miscellaneous                                                                                                35

 

 

 

Online Safety (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2021

No. 77, 2021

 

An Act to deal with transitional and consequential matters arising from the enactment of the Online Safety Act 2021, and for other purposes

[Assented to 23 July 2021]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

[Minister's second reading speech made in--

House of Representatives on 24 February 2021

Senate on 17 March 2021]