Link deletion notice
124 Link deletion notice
If:
a person provides an internet search engine service; and
end‑users in Australia can access class 1 material using a link provided by the service;
the Commissioner may give the provider of the service a written notice, to be known as a link deletion notice, requiring the provider to:
cease providing a link to the material using the service; and
do so within:
24 hours after the notice was given to the provider; or
such longer period as the Commissioner allows.
So far as is reasonably practicable, the material must be identified in the link deletion notice in a way that is sufficient to enable the internet search engine service provider to cease providing a link to the material.
The link deletion notice may also require the internet search engine service provider to:
notify the Commissioner that the provider has ceased to provide a link to the material; and
do so as soon as practicable after the cessation.
The Commissioner must not give the link deletion notice unless:
the Commissioner is satisfied that there were 2 or more times during the previous 12 months when end‑users in Australia could access class 1 material using a link provided by the service; and
during the previous 12 months:
the Commissioner gave one or more removal notices under section 109 or 110 in relation to class 1 material that could be accessed using a link provided by the service; and
those removal notices were not complied with.
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