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Online Safety Act 2021
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#### 21 Consent
For the purposes of the application of this Act to an intimate image or private sexual material, consent means consent that is:
(a) express; and
(b) voluntary; and
(c) informed;
but does not include:
(d) consent given by a child; or
(e) consent given by an adult who is in a mental or physical condition (whether temporary or permanent) that:
(i) makes the adult incapable of giving consent; or
(ii) substantially impairs the capacity of the adult to give consent.