AU OSA Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), Part 9 - Online content scheme: ss 106-107 (class 1 and class 2 material), s 109 (remov…
Remove Class 1 (refused classification) material and restrict children's access to Class 2 (restricted) material
Where this comes from
Provision: Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), Part 9 - Online content scheme: ss 106-107 (class 1 and class 2 material), s 109 (removal notice, class 1), s 119 (remedial notice, class 2), s 108 (restricted access system); BOSE s 12 (class 2 access expectation)
Instrument: Australia Online Safety Act 2021
Citation: Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), Part 9: s 106 (class 1 material), s 107 (class 2 material), s 108 (restricted access system), s 109 (removal notice given to the provider), s 119 (remedial notice given to the provider); Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022 (Cth), s 12; National Classification Code (not retrieved)
Text version: Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), compilation of 12 September 2026 (includes the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 and Act No. 83 of 2026, whose title and commencement were not established from the retrieved text), and Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022, compilation of 31 May 2024 (includes the Amendment (No. 1) Determination 2024); both retrieved from legislation.gov.au on 2026-09-21.
Who it applies to
It applies when all of these are true:
- Service allows user-generated content
- Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18
…unless:
- Removal and remedial notices may not be given to an exempt Parliamentary content service, an exempt court/tribunal content service or an exempt official-inquiry content service. (Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 109(1)(d) and 119(1)(d))
- A remedial notice for class 2 material may be given only where the service is provided from Australia; a s 109 removal notice for class 1 material has no such limit. (Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), s 119(1)(e))
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Implementation or documented process meets the reviewed acceptance criteria; identify the tested version and deployment status separately
- Configure defaults from the assessed source and purpose; do not enable data collection or processing merely because this task exists
- Validate behavior for the assessed actors and use cases, including applicable guest or administrator paths
- UI clearly communicates what the feature does to users
- API returns appropriate error codes when feature blocks an action
Questions people ask
- Does AU OSA Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), Part 9 - Online content scheme: ss 106-1… apply to my service?
- It applies when Service allows user-generated content; Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18. It does not apply where Removal and remedial notices may not be given to an exempt Parliamentary content service, an exempt court/tribunal content service or an exempt official-inquiry content service. (Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 109(1)(d) and 119(1)(d)).
- From when does this apply?
- AU OSA Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), Part 9 - Online content scheme: ss 106-1… applies from 23 January 2022. Its current status is: in force.
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