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Online Safety Act 2021
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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.