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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
Presented and read a first time
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007
No. , 2007
(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 No. , 2007
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 No. , 2007
Contents
1 Short title 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Schedule(s) 1
Schedule 1--Amendments 3
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 3
Copyright Act 1968 3
Schedule 1 Amendments
Amendments Schedule 1
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 No. , 2007
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 No. , 2007
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007 No. , 2007
A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1--Amendments
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
1 At the end of subsection 212(1)
Add:
; or (c) re-transmit programs that are transmitted by a service that does no more than transmit program material supplied by National Indigenous TV Limited.
2 At the end of subsection 212(3)
Add:
; or (e) a re-transmission of program material mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) by the licensee who transmitted the program material.
Copyright Act 1968
3 Subsection 10(1) (definition of free-to-air broadcast)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
free-to-air broadcast means:
(a) a broadcast delivered by a national broadcasting service, commercial broadcasting service or community broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992; or
(b) a broadcast delivered by a broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 that does no more than transmit program material supplied by National Indigenous TV Limited.
4 Section 135C
Before "This", insert "(1)".
5 At the end of section 135C
Add:
(2) The reference to free-to-air broadcast in subsection (1) does not include a reference to a broadcast within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of free-to-air broadcast in subsection 10(1).
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