Contents
- Part 1 Preliminary
- Part 2 Categories of broadcasting services
- Part 3 Planning of the broadcasting services bands
- Part 4 Commercial television broadcasting licences and commercial radio broadcasting licences
- Part 5 Control of commercial broadcasting licences
- Part 6 Community broadcasting licences
- Part 6A Temporary community broadcasting licences
- Part 7 Subscription television broadcasting services
- Part 8 Subscription broadcasting and narrowcasting class licences
- Part 8A Restrictions on subscription television broadcasting services in regional areas etc.
- Part 8B International broadcasting licences
- Part 8C Australian content requirements for subscription video on demand services
- Part 9 Content rules, program standards and codes of practice
- Part 9A Technical standards
- Part 9B Industry codes and industry standards
- Part 9C Access to commercial television broadcasting services provided with the use of a satellite
- Part 9D Captioning
- Part 9E Prominence framework
- Part 10 Remedies for breaches of licensing provisions
- Part 10A Anti-hoarding rules
- Part 10B Anti-siphoning scheme
- Part 11 Complaints to the ACMA
- Part 13 Information gathering by the ACMA
- Part 14 Appeals to the Administrative Review Tribunal
- Part 14AA Collection and recovery of interim tax
- Part 14B Civil penalties
- Part 14C Injunctions
- Part 14D Enforceable undertakings
- Part 14E Infringement notices
- Part 14F Grants
- Part 15 Miscellaneous
- Schedule 1 Control and ownership of company interests
- Schedule 2 Standard conditions
- Schedule 4 Digital television broadcasting
- Schedule 6 Datacasting services
- Schedule 7 Content services definitions
- Schedule 8 Online content services
Contents
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- Part 1 · Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Objects of this Act
- 4 Regulatory policy
- 5 Role of the ACMA
- 6 Interpretation
- 7 Interpretation—meaning of control
- 8 Interpretation—shareholding interests, voting interests, dividend interests and winding-up interests
- 8A Captioning taken to be part of program
- 8AA Designated community radio broadcasting licence
- 8AB Digital program enhancement content taken to be a radio program
- 8AC Digital radio start-up day
- 8AD Deemed radio broadcasting licence areas
- 8AE Local content exemption period—regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee
- 8AF Regional racing service radio licence
- 8B Remote Indigenous community
- 9 Act to bind the Crown
- 10 Extension of Act to the external Territories
- 10A Application of the Criminal Code
- Part 2 · Categories of broadcasting services
- 11 Categories of broadcasting services
- 11A Dual categorisation of international broadcasting services
- 12 Method of regulating particular services
- 13 National broadcasting services
- 14 Commercial broadcasting services
- 15 Community broadcasting services
- 16 Subscription broadcasting services
- 17 Subscription narrowcasting services
- 18 Open narrowcasting services
- 18A International broadcasting services
- 19 ACMA may determine additional criteria or clarify existing criteria
- 21 Requests to ACMA to decide which category a broadcasting service falls into
- 22 Matters to be considered by ACMA
- Part 3 · Planning of the broadcasting services bands
- 23 Planning criteria
- 26 Preparation of licence area plans
- 26AA Compliance with television licence area plan
- 26C Licence area plans not required to deal with certain digital radio broadcasting services
- 26D Licence area plans—how digital radio broadcasting services may be dealt with
- 29 Designation of licence areas
- 30 ACMA may determine population figures
- 31 Minister may reserve capacity for national broadcasters or community broadcasters
- 33 Development of technical planning guidelines
- 34 Alternative uses of broadcasting services bands
- Part 4 · Commercial television broadcasting licences and commercial radio broadcasting licences
- Part 5 · Control of commercial broadcasting licences
- Division 1 Preliminary
- Division 2 Limitation on control
- Division 3 Limitation on directorships
- Division 5 Newspapers associated with licence areas
- Division 5A Media diversity
- Division 5B Disclosure of cross-media relationships
- Division 5C Local news and information requirements for regional commercial radio broadcasting licensees
- Division 5D Local programming requirements for regional commercial television broadcasting licensees
- Division 6 Notification provisions
- Division 7 Approval of temporary breaches
- Division 8 Action by the ACMA
- Division 9 Special provision for small markets
- Division 10 Prior opinions by the ACMA
- Division 10A Register of Foreign Owners of Media Assets
- Division 11 Miscellaneous
- Part 6 · Community broadcasting licences
- 79 Interpretation
- 79A Application
- 80 Allocation of BSB community broadcasting licences
- 81 When licences must not be allocated
- 82 Other community broadcasting licences
- 83 When persons are regarded as suitable
- 84 Allocation of community broadcasting licences
- 84A Designated community radio broadcasting licences to provide analog or digital services
- 85 ACMA not required to allocate community broadcasting licence to any applicant
- 85A Services authorised by designated community radio broadcasting licences
- 86 Conditions of community broadcasting licences
- 87 ACMA may impose additional conditions on community broadcasting licences
- 87A Additional conditions on CTV licences
- 87B Special licence condition relating to digital community radio broadcasting services
- 88 Matters to which conditions may relate
- 89 Duration of community broadcasting licences
- 90 Applications for renewal of community broadcasting licences
- 91 ACMA may renew community broadcasting licences
- 91A Transfer of community broadcasting licences
- 92 Surrender of community broadcasting licences
- Part 6A · Temporary community broadcasting licences
- 92A Interpretation
- 92B Temporary community broadcasting licences
- 92C Applicants for temporary community broadcasting licences
- 92D When applicants and licensees are regarded as suitable
- 92E Criteria for deciding whether to allocate a licence
- 92F Licences to accord with alternative planning procedures
- 92G Licence area, timing conditions and licence period
- 92H Conditions of temporary community broadcasting licences
- 92J ACMA may vary conditions or periods, or impose new conditions
- 92K Duration of temporary community broadcasting licences
- 92L Surrender of temporary community broadcasting licences
- Part 7 · Subscription television broadcasting services
- Part 8 · Subscription broadcasting and narrowcasting class licences
- Part 8A · Restrictions on subscription television broadcasting services in regional areas etc.
- Part 8B · International broadcasting licences
- Part 8C · Australian content requirements for subscription video on demand services
- Part 9 · Content rules, program standards and codes of practice
- 121G Australian content—transmission quota
- 121H Australian content: transmission quota for regional/remote commercial television broadcasting licensees
- 122 Program standards for children’s programs and Australian content
- 123 Development of codes of practice
- 123B Review by the ACMA—application of code of practice to section 38C licences
- 124 ACMA to maintain Register of codes of practice
- 125 ACMA may determine program standards where codes of practice fail or where no code of practice developed
- 125A ACMA must determine a gambling promotion program standard if directed by the Minister
- 126 Consultation on standards
- 127 Notification of determination or variation or revocation of standards
- 128 Standards and codes to be amendable by the Parliament
- 129 Limitation of ACMA’s power in relation to standards
- 130 Application of the Competition and Consumer Act
- Part 9A · Technical standards
- 130A Technical standards for digital transmission—television etc.
- 130AA Technical standards for digital transmission—radio etc.
- 130AB Technical standards relating to the operation of multiplex transmitters
- 130AC Technical standards for digital transmission of television services provided with the use of a satellite
- 130B Technical standards for domestic digital reception equipment—television etc.
- 130BA Technical standards for domestic digital reception equipment—radio etc.
- 130BB Technical standards for domestic digital reception equipment—television services provided with the use of a satellite
- Part 9B · Industry codes and industry standards
- Part 9C · Access to commercial television broadcasting services provided with the use of a satellite
- 130ZBA Simplified outline
- 130ZB Objectives of conditional access scheme—South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area and Northern Australia TV3 licence area
- 130ZBB Objectives of conditional access scheme—Western Australia TV3 licence area
- 130ZC Registration of conditional access scheme developed by representative body or association
- 130ZCAA ACMA may invite representative body or association to develop a revised conditional access scheme
- 130ZCAB ACMA may request development of replacement conditional access scheme
- 130ZCA Registration of conditional access scheme formulated by the ACMA
- 130ZD Replacement of conditional access scheme
- 130ZE ACMA to maintain register of conditional access schemes
- 130ZF ACMA may direct a scheme administrator to issue a reception certificate etc.
- 130ZFA Adequate reception
- 130ZG Applicable terrestrial digital commercial television broadcasting services
- 130ZH Declared service-deficient areas
- Part 9D · Captioning
- Division 1 Introduction
- Division 2 Captioning obligations of commercial television broadcasting licensees and national broadcasters
- Division 3 Captioning obligations of subscription television licensees
- Division 4 Captioning standards
- Division 5 Emergency warnings
- Division 6 Reports and record-keeping
- Division 7 Review of this Part etc.
- Part 9E · Prominence framework
- Part 10 · Remedies for breaches of licensing provisions
- Part 10A · Anti-hoarding rules
- Part 10B · Anti-siphoning scheme
- Part 11 · Complaints to the ACMA
- Part 13 · Information gathering by the ACMA
- Part 14 · Appeals to the Administrative Review Tribunal
- Part 14AA · Collection and recovery of interim tax
- Part 14B · Civil penalties
- Part 14C · Injunctions
- Part 14D · Enforceable undertakings
- Part 14E · Infringement notices
- 205XAA Simplified outline
- 205XA Formal warning
- 205Y When an infringement notice can be given
- 205Z Matters to be included in an infringement notice
- 205ZA Amount of penalty
- 205ZB Withdrawal of an infringement notice
- 205ZC What happens if the penalty is paid
- 205ZD Effect of this Part on criminal proceedings
- 205ZE Appointment of authorised infringement notice officer
- 205ZF Regulations
- Part 14F · Grants
- Part 15 · Miscellaneous
- 206 Broadcasting or datacasting taken to be publication in permanent form
- 207 Amounts of fees
- 209 Prosecutions
- 210 Publication of opinions
- 211AA Time when a television program is broadcast—certain terrestrial licence areas
- 211A Time when a television program is broadcast—South Eastern Australia TV3 and Northern Australia TV3 licence areas
- 212 Special provisions for re-transmission of programs
- 212A Self-help providers
- 212B Declared self-help providers and excluded providers
- 213 Penalties for continuing offences
- 214 Procedure relating to continuing offences
- 215 Guidelines relating to ACMA’s enforcement powers etc.
- 216 Ministerial consultative and advisory bodies
- 216A Schedule 4 (digital television broadcasting)
- 216AA Review of taxation arrangements etc.
- 216C Schedule 6 (datacasting services)
- 216D Schedule 7 (content services)
- 216E Schedule 8 (online content services)
- 217 Regulations
- 218 Channel sharing
- Schedule 1 · Control and ownership of company interests
- Schedule 2 · Standard conditions
- Schedule 4 · Digital television broadcasting
- Schedule 6 · Datacasting services
- Schedule 7 · Content services definitions
- Note: See section 216D.
- 1 Purpose of this Schedule
- 2 Definitions
- 5 Content service provider
- 7 When content service is provided to the public etc.
- 9 Services supplied by way of a voice call or video call
- 12 Re-transmitted broadcasting services
- 13 Re-transmitted datacasting services
- 17 Extended meaning of use
- Schedule 8 · Online content services
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