{"id":"F2019L00984","name":"Enhancing Online Safety (Protecting Australians from Terrorist or Violent Criminal Material) Legislative Rule 2019","slug":"enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440176,"registerId":"F2019L00984-fast-fetch-1775955906804","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Enhancing Online Safety (Protecting Australians from Terrorist or Violent Criminal Material) Legislative Rule 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: ms19000463Attachment C - DRAFT Enhancing Online Safety -Protecting Australians from Terrorist or Violent Criminal Materi.docx\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nEnhancing Online Safety (Protecting Australians from Terrorist or Violent Criminal Material) Legislative Rule 2019\n\nI, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, make the following Legislative Rule.\n\nDated 8 July 2019    \n\nPaul Fletcher\n\nMinister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Conferral of additional function\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Enhancing Online Safety (Protecting Australians from Terrorist or Violent Criminal Material) Legislative Rule 2019.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 108(1) of the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015.\n\nterrorist act has the same meaning as in Part 5.3 of the Criminal Code.\n\nviolent crime means abhorrent violent conduct (within the meaning of Subdivision H of Division 474 of the Criminal Code).\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) Commissioner;\n\n(b) access;\n\n(c) material.\n\n \n\n5  Conferral of additional function\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 15(1)(r) of the Act, a function of the Commissioner is to promote online safety for Australians by protecting Australians from access or exposure to material that promotes, incites, or instructs in, terrorist acts or violent crimes.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2389},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument confers exactly one additional function on the Commissioner as described in the title and preamble, without expanding beyond the stated purpose of protecting Australians from terrorist or violent criminal material."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (Section 5) conferring one additional function","Minimal structure with only 5 sections total","External statutory references to Criminal Code definitions require cross-referencing","No exceptions, conditions, or procedural mechanisms contained in the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This Legislative Rule gives the **eSafety Commissioner** a new specific duty: to protect Australians from accessing or being exposed to **terrorist or violent extremist material** online.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Expands the Commissioner's role** — Previously focused on issues like cyberbullying, the Commissioner now also works to shield Australians from material that promotes, incites, or provides instructions for terrorist acts or violent crimes.\n*   **Defines the harmful content** — \n    *   **Terrorist acts** uses the standard definition from the Criminal Code (Part 5.3).\n    *   **Violent crimes** refers specifically to \"abhorrent violent conduct\" (such as live-streamed violence or terrorism footage) as defined in the Criminal Code.\n*   **How it works** — The Commissioner promotes online safety by taking action against this material under the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015.\n\nThis change was made in response to concerns about the rapid spread of extremist content and violent propaganda on digital platforms."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati","history":"/api/acts/enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati/history","analysis":"/api/acts/enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/enhancing-online-safety-protecting-australians-from-terrorist-or-violent-criminal-material-legislati/documents"}}