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AU OSA Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 49-50 - Periodic reporting notices on compliance with the expectations

Comply with eSafety Commissioner transparency reporting requirements including content moderation data and safety measure effectiveness

HIGHRequirementTransparencyBinding regulationIn forceApplies from 23 January 2022

Where this comes from

Provision: Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 49-50 - Periodic reporting notices on compliance with the expectations; s 46(1)(g)-(i) and BOSE s 20 - information requests; BOSE s 6(3)(j) - transparency reports

Instrument: Australia Online Safety Act 2021 - Basic Online Safety Expectations

Citation: Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), s 49 (periodic reporting notice), s 50 (compliance with notice; civil penalty 500 penalty units), s 46(1)(g)-(i); Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Determination 2022 (Cth), s 20(1)-(5), s 6(3)(j)

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.

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Who it applies to

It applies when all of these are true:

  • Service allows user-generated content

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), ss 49-50 - Periodic reporting notices on… apply to my service?
It applies when Service allows user-generated content.
From when does this apply?
AU OSA Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth), ss 49-50 - Periodic reporting notices on… applies from 23 January 2022. Its current status is: in force.

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