Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

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Meaning of “under the jurisdiction of the State”: providers of other services that may be relevant online services

6. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 2B:

“2C. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the provider of an information society service, other than a provider to whom section 2A or 2B applies, is under the jurisdiction of the State if the provider of the service is established in the State within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the E‑Commerce Directive.

(2) In this section ‘information society service’ has the same meaning as in Article 1(1)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015⁸ ”.

⁸ OJ No. L 241, 17.9.2015, p.1.