Commonwealth Numbered Acts

ENHANCING ONLINE SAFETY FOR CHILDREN ACT 2015 (NO. 24, 2015) - SECT 91

             (1)  For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a protected person :

                     (a)  the Commissioner;

                     (b)  a member of the staff of the ACMA;

                     (c)  an officer or employee whose services are made available to the ACMA under paragraph 55(1)(a) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 ;

                     (d)  a consultant engaged under section 69;

                     (e)  a body corporate that is a delegate of the Commissioner;

                      (f)  a director or employee of a body corporate that is a delegate of the Commissioner.

             (2)  Criminal proceedings do not lie against a protected person for or in relation to:

                     (a)  the collection of material; or

                     (b)  the possession of material; or

                     (c)  the distribution of material; or

                     (d)  the delivery of material; or

                     (e)  the copying of material; or

                      (f)  the doing of any other thing in relation to material;

in connection with the exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, conferred on the Commissioner by or under this Act.

             (3)  For the purposes of this section, possession includes have in custody or control.