AU OSA BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(e), 12(2)(b), 8A(3)(a), 8B(3)(a) - Child safety risk assessments as examples of reas…
Conduct regular risk assessments for child safety harms and implement proportionate mitigation measures
Where this comes from
Provision: BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(e), 12(2)(b), 8A(3)(a), 8B(3)(a) - Child safety risk assessments as examples of reasonable steps
Instrument: Australia Online Safety Act 2021 - Basic Online Safety Expectations
Citation: Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022 (Cth), s 6(3)(e), s 12(2)(b), s 8A(3)(a), s 8B(3)(a); Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 45(4), 49-50
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 is likely to be accessed by children under 18
What engineering work it implies
Sample acceptance criteria Landfall generates for this obligation:
- Assessment covers data flows, the risks to the affected group, and likelihood/severity
- Each identified risk has a mitigation mapped to a concrete control or backlog item
- The assessment is dated, has named sign-off, and is scheduled for review
- The assessment is retrievable for regulators on request
- Unit tests cover the core logic (aim for >80% coverage on new code)
Questions people ask
- Does AU OSA BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(e), 12(2)(b), 8A(3)(a), 8B(3)(a) - Ch… apply to my service?
- It applies when Service is likely to be accessed by children under 18.
- From when does this apply?
- AU OSA BOSE Determination 2022, ss 6(3)(e), 12(2)(b), 8A(3)(a), 8B(3)(a) - Ch… applies from 1 November 2024. Its current status is: in force.
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