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Online Safety Act 2021
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#### 17 Hosting service
For the purposes of this Act, if:
(a) a person (the first person) hosts stored material that has been provided on:
(i) a social media service; or
(ii) a relevant electronic service; or
(iii) a designated internet service; and
(b) the first person or another person provides:
(i) a social media service; or
(ii) a relevant electronic service; or
(iii) a designated internet service;
on which the hosted material is provided;
the hosting of the stored material by the first person is taken to be the provision by the first person of a hosting service.