ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 156 Federal Court may order a person to cease providing a social media service

ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2021 - SECT 156

  (1)   If the Commissioner is satisfied that :

  (a)   a person is the provider of a social media service; and

  (b)   there were 2 or more occasions during the previous 12 months on which the person contravened a civil penalty provision of this Part ; and

  (c)   as a result of those contraventions, the continue d operation of that social media service represents a significant community safety risk ;

the Commissioner may apply to the Federal Court for an order that the person cease providing that social media service.

  (2)   If the Federal Court is satisfied, on such an application, that :

  (a)   the person is the provider of a social media service; and

  (b)   there were 2 or more occasions during the previous 12 months on which the person contravened a civil penalty provision of this Part ; and

  (c)   as a result of those contraventions, the continued operation of that social media service represents a significant community safety risk;

the Federal Court may order the person to cease providing that social media service.