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ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 157

Federal Court may order a person to cease providing a relevant electronic service

  (1)   If the Commissioner is satisfied that:

  (a)   a person is the provider of a relevant electronic 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 relevant electronic service represents a significant community safety risk;

the Commissioner may apply to the Federal Court for an order that the person cease providing that relevant electronic service.

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

  (a)   the person is the provider of a relevant electronic 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 relevant electronic service represents a significant community safety risk;

the Federal Court may order the person to cease providing that relevant electronic service.



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