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Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill

Regulations and review

14: Regulations

You could also call this:

"Rules to Keep Young People Safe on Social Media"

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The Governor-General can make rules for this Act on the Minister's advice. You will see these rules used for things like deciding which social media platforms have age restrictions. The Minister must think it is necessary to make these rules to stop harm to young users. The Minister needs to get advice from important people and talk to social media platform providers before making these rules. They also need to think about advice from other relevant groups. These rules are a type of law called secondary legislation. You can find out more about how these rules are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 3Regulations and review

14Regulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:

  2. providing for anything this Act says may or must be provided for by regulations:
    1. designating a social media platform as an age-restricted social media platform:
      1. designating an electronic platform as a social media platform:
        1. specifying an exempt social media platform:
          1. providing for anything incidental that is necessary for carrying out, or giving full effect to, this Act.

            1. For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and the Minister may only make regulations under that subsection if—

            2. the Minister is satisfied that it is reasonably necessary to do so in order to minimise harm to age-restricted users; and
              1. the Minister has received advice from the chief executive and has had regard to that advice; and
                1. the Minister has consulted with providers of platforms proposed to be designated as an age-restricted social media platform; and
                  1. the Minister has received advice from any other entity that the Minister consider relevant and has had regard to such advice.

                    1. Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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