9Meaning of search service

9 Meaning of search service

(1) A search service is an electronic service that satisfies the following conditions:

(a) the service is an internet search engine service;

(b) the service enables searches of the internet broadly, rather than just searches:

(i) of a limited database; or

(ii) to compare prices for particular goods or services; or

(iii) to compare prices for goods or services across a particular sector;

(c) the service neither solely nor primarily uses large language models.

(2) A service is not excluded by paragraph (1)(c) from being a search service if the service merely uses large language models to summarise or interpret search results.