Criminal Organisations Control Act 2012
8AMeaning of *publicly display*
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8A Meaning of *publicly display*
(1) For the purposes of this Act, to publicly display a thing is to display it either—
(a) in a public place; or
(b) so that it is visible from a public place.
(2) To publish a thing on the Internet is not to publicly display it for the purposes of this Act.
Uploading an image to a social media website.
(3) However, displaying a thing as described in subsection (1) is to publicly display it for the purposes of this Act even if the thing being displayed is an Internet publication.
Displaying, on a screen in a public place, an image as published on a social media website.
S. 8B inserted by No. 37/2024 s. 20.