Scams (Countermeasures) and Other Matters Act 2026 · s 26

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s 26Amendment of section 47

In the Online Criminal Harms Act, in section 47 —

(a)

renumber the section as subsection (1) of that section; (b)in subsection (1), delete “to whom a Part 2 direction, a notice of designation as a designated online service, a code application notice, a rectification notice, an implementation directive or a Part 6 order may be given”; and

(c)

after subsection (1), insert —“(2) The competent authority may by written notice under this section require a designated provider to provide the competent authority with —

(a)

any information that is relevant to assessing the designated provider’s compliance with any code of practice that applies to the designated provider’s service or with any implementation directive given to the designated provider; and

(b)

any information that is relevant to assessing whether a code application notice or implementation directive should be given to the designated provider.”.