16 Section 56 is, relevantly, in the following terms –
56 Non-periodic reporting notice
- Scope
(1) This section applies to the following services:
- (a) a social media service, if there are basic online safety expectations for the service;
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- Notice
(2) The Commissioner may, by written notice given to the provider of the service, require the provider to:
- (a) do whichever of the following is specified in the notice:
- …
- (ii) prepare a report about the extent to which the provider complied with one or more specified applicable basic online safety expectations during the period specified in the notice; and
- (b) prepare the report in the manner and form specified in the notice; and
- (c) give the report to the Commissioner:
- (i) within the period specified in the notice; or
- (ii) if the Commissioner allows a longer period—within that longer period.
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(4) The period specified in subparagraph (2)(c)(i) must not be shorter than 28 days after the notice is given.
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17 The terms of s 56(2)(c)(ii), which provide for the Commissioner to allow a longer period within which the provider may give the report, should be noted. As I have mentioned, one of the alternative issues in this application is whether the Commissioner allowed a longer period within which to comply with the reporting notice.
18 Section 57 provides –
57 Compliance with notice
A person must comply with a notice under subsection 56(2) to the extent that the person is capable of doing so.
Civil penalty: 500 penalty units.
