Online Safety Act 2021
13ARelevant electronic service
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13A Relevant electronic service
(1) For the purposes of this Act, relevant electronic service means any of the following electronic services: (a) a service that enables end‑users to communicate, by means of email, with other end‑users; (b) an instant messaging service that enables end‑users to communicate with other end‑users; (c) an SMS service that enables end‑users to communicate with other end‑users; (d) an MMS service that enables end‑users to communicate with other end‑users; (e) a chat service that enables end‑users to communicate with other end‑users; (f) a service that enables end‑users to play online games with other end‑users; (g) an electronic service specified in the legislative rules; but does not include an exempt service (as defined by subsection (2)).
Note 1: SMS is short for short message service.
Note 2: MMS is short for multimedia message service.
Exempt services (2) For the purposes of this section, a service is an exempt service if none of the material on the service is accessible to, or delivered to, one or more end‑users in Australia.