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Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022
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· 2022-12-10
2024-02-17
IE-2022-act-41 — consolidated version 2024-02-17
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# Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022
## PART 1 Preliminary and General
##### 1. **Short title, collective citation and commencement**
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(f) by the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of “Council Directive”:
“‘Data Protection Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016[^3] on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);
“‘Data Protection Regulation’ means Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016^3 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation);
‘designated online service’ means a service designated under section 139E;
‘Directive’ means Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010[^4] on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018[^5];”,
‘Directive’ means Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010^4 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/1808 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018^5;”,
(g) by the insertion of the following definitions after the definition of “director general”:
“‘E-Commerce Directive’ means Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000[^6] on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market;
“‘E-Commerce Directive’ means Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000^6 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market;
‘editorial responsibility’, in relation to providing programmes, means effective control—
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(a) a video-sharing platform service the provider of which is under the jurisdiction of the State, or
(b) any other information society service, within the meaning of Article 1(1)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015[^7]—
(b) any other information society service, within the meaning of Article 1(1)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015^7—
(i) the provider of which is under the jurisdiction of the State, and
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**“2C.** (1) For the purposes of this Act, the provider of an information society service, other than a provider to whom section 2A or 2B applies, is under the jurisdiction of the State if the provider of the service is established in the State within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the E‑Commerce Directive.
(2) In this section ‘information society service’ has the same meaning as in Article 1(1)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015[^8]”.
(2) In this section ‘information society service’ has the same meaning as in Article 1(1)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015^8”.
##### 7. **Procedure for giving notices**
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## PART 4 Register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services
##### 9. Register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services
##### 9. **Register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services**
**Register of providers of audiovisual on-demand media services**
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(b) anything which may reasonably be regarded as likely to promote, or incite to, crime,
(c) anything which may reasonably be regarded as conduct falling within Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017[^9] on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA,
(c) anything which may reasonably be regarded as conduct falling within Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017^9 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA,
(d) anything which may reasonably be regarded as likely to incite to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons, or a member of a group, based on any of the grounds referred to in Article 21 of the Charter, or
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##### 42. **Amendment of section 134 of Principal Act**
**42.** The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) to (6):
**42.** F1[Section 134of the Principal Act] is amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (1) to (6):
“(1) Where the Commission invites applications for a sound broadcasting multiplex contract under section 136, it may—
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##### 80. **Amendment of Electoral Reform Act 2022**
**80.** Section 32(1) of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 is amended by the substitution of “Section 46M(2)(a)” for “Section 41(3)”.
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Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022
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