Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025 · s 83

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—(1) A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes intimate image abuse.(2) If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the intimate image 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;(b)that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the intimate image or recording; or(c)that X did not know and had no reason to suspect that the material that X had communicated was an intimate image or recording.(4) In this section —“intimate image or recording” has the meaning given by section 13(2);“victim”, in relation to intimate image abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 13(1).
A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes intimate image abuse.
If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the intimate image 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;(b)that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the intimate image or recording; or(c)that X did not know and had no reason to suspect that the material that X had communicated was an intimate image or recording.
In this section —
“intimate image or recording” has the meaning given by section 13(2);
“victim”, in relation to intimate image abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 13(1).

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s 83Tort of intimate image abuse

(1)

A person (X) must not make any communication that constitutes intimate image abuse.

(2)

If X contravenes subsection (1), the victim of the intimate image 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;

(b)

that X had reasonable grounds to believe that the victim consented to the communication of the intimate image or recording; or

(c)

that X did not know and had no reason to suspect that the material that X had communicated was an intimate image or recording.

(4)

In this section —

“intimate image or recording” has the meaning given by section 13(2);

“victim”, in relation to intimate image abuse, means the victim mentioned in section 13(1).