Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025 · s 86

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—(1) A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes inauthentic material abuse by communicating material that X knew or had reasonable grounds to believe was inauthentic material of a victim.(2) If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the inauthentic material abuse may bring civil proceedings in a court against X.(3) In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —(a)that X’s conduct was reasonable; or(b)that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the inauthentic material.(4) In this section —“inauthentic material” has the meaning given by section 16(2);“victim”, in relation to inauthentic material abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 16(1).
A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes inauthentic material abuse by communicating material that X knew or had reasonable grounds to believe was inauthentic material of a victim.
If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the inauthentic material abuse may bring civil proceedings in a court against X.
In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —(a)that X’s conduct was reasonable; or(b)that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the inauthentic material.
In this section —
“inauthentic material” has the meaning given by section 16(2);
“victim”, in relation to inauthentic material abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 16(1).

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s 86Tort of inauthentic material abuse

(1)

A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes inauthentic material abuse by communicating material that X knew or had reasonable grounds to believe was inauthentic material of a victim.

(2)

If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the inauthentic material abuse may bring civil proceedings in a court against X.

(3)

In any proceedings mentioned in subsection (2), it is a defence for X to prove —

(a)

that X’s conduct was reasonable; or

(b)

that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the inauthentic material.

(4)

In this section —

“inauthentic material” has the meaning given by section 16(2);

“victim”, in relation to inauthentic material abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 16(1).