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2010-2011-2012-2013
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment
(Convergence Review and Other
Measures) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
(Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy)
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to
broadcasting, and for other purposes
i Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Convergence Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013
No. , 2013
Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2
Commencement ................................................................................. 1
3
Schedule(s) ........................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
3
Part 1--General amendments
3
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
3
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
11
Part 2--Charters of the ABC and SBS etc.
12
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
12
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
16
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Convergence Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013
No. , 2013 1
A Bill for an Act to amend legislation relating to
1
broadcasting, and for other purposes
2
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
3
1 Short title
4
This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment
5
(Convergence Review and Other Measures) Act 2013.
6
2 Commencement
7
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
8
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
9
column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
10
according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
1
enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
2
this Act.
3
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
4
Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
5
may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
6
3 Schedule(s)
7
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
8
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
9
concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
10
according to its terms.
11
Amendments Schedule 1
General amendments Part 1
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Schedule 1
--
Amendments
1
Part 1
--
General amendments
2
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
3
1 Subsections 26(3), (4), (5) and (6)
4
Repeal the subsections.
5
2 Sections 35A and 35B
6
Repeal the sections.
7
3 After section 37
8
Insert:
9
37A Limitation on number of commercial television broadcasting
10
licences
11
The ACMA must ensure that the number of commercial television
12
broadcasting licences that:
13
(a) have the same licence area; and
14
(b) are broadcasting services bands licences;
15
does not exceed 3.
16
4 Part 9 (heading)
17
Repeal the heading, substitute:
18
Part 9--Content rules, program standards and
19
codes of practice
20
5 Before section 122
21
Insert:
22
Schedule 1 Amendments
Part 1 General amendments
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2013 No. , 2013
121G Australian content--transmission quota
1
Programs transmitted on core/primary commercial television
2
broadcasting service
3
(1) A commercial television broadcasting licensee must ensure that,
4
for:
5
(a) the calendar year that began on 1 January 2013; and
6
(b) each later calendar year;
7
the percentage worked out using the following formula is not less
8
than 55%:
9
Total hours
of Australian programs
transmitted during
the year
100
Total hours
of programs transmitted
during the year
10
where:
11
total hours of Australian programs transmitted during the year
12
means the total number of hours of Australian programs that were
13
transmitted:
14
(a) during targeted viewing hours in the year; and
15
(b) on the core/primary commercial television broadcasting
16
service provided by the licensee.
17
total hours of programs transmitted during the year means the
18
total number of hours of television programs transmitted:
19
(a) during targeted viewing hours in the year; and
20
(b) on the core/primary commercial television broadcasting
21
service provided by the licensee.
22
Programs transmitted otherwise than on core/primary commercial
23
television broadcasting service
24
(2) A commercial television broadcasting licensee must ensure that:
25
(a) for the calendar year that began on 1 January 2013, the total
26
number of hours of Australian programs that were
27
transmitted by the licensee:
28
(i) during targeted viewing hours in the year; and
29
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(ii) otherwise than on the core/primary commercial
1
television broadcasting service provided by the licensee;
2
is not less than 730; and
3
(b) for the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2014, the total
4
number of hours of Australian programs that were
5
transmitted:
6
(i) during targeted viewing hours in the year; and
7
(ii) otherwise than on the core/primary commercial
8
television broadcasting service provided by the licensee;
9
is not less than 1,095; and
10
(c) for each calendar year beginning on or after 1 January 2015,
11
the total number of hours of Australian programs that were
12
transmitted:
13
(i) during targeted viewing hours in the year; and
14
(ii) otherwise than on the core/primary commercial
15
television broadcasting service provided by the licensee;
16
is not less than 1,460.
17
(3) For the purposes of the application of subsection (2) to a
18
commercial television broadcasting licensee, if a first release
19
Australian drama program was transmitted by the licensee:
20
(a) during targeted viewing hours in a calendar year; and
21
(b) otherwise than on the core/primary commercial television
22
broadcasting service provided by the licensee;
23
assume that the duration of the program was twice as long as the
24
actual duration of the program.
25
Targeted viewing hours
26
(4) For the purposes of this section, targeted viewing hours are the
27
hours:
28
(a) beginning at 6 am each day; and
29
(b) ending at midnight on the same day.
30
(5) For the purposes of this section, if:
31
(a) a television program consists of coverage of a sporting event;
32
and
33
(b) the program:
34
(i) begins before midnight on a particular day (the first
35
day); and
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(ii) ends on the next day;
1
the part of the program transmitted between midnight on the first
2
day and 2 am on the next day is taken to have been transmitted
3
during targeted viewing hours on the first day.
4
Australian programs
5
(6) For the purposes of this section, Australian program means:
6
(a) if an instrument is in force under subsection (7)--an
7
Australian program as defined by that instrument; or
8
(b) otherwise:
9
(i) an Australian program (within the meaning of the
10
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard
11
2005 as in force on 1 January 2013); or
12
(ii) an Australian official co-production (within the meaning
13
of the Broadcasting Services (Australian Content)
14
Standard 2005 as in force on 1 January 2013); or
15
(iii) a New Zealand program (within the meaning of the
16
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard
17
2005 as in force on 1 January 2013); or
18
(iv) an Australian/New Zealand program (within the
19
meaning of the Broadcasting Services (Australian
20
Content) Standard 2005 as in force on 1 January 2013).
21
(7) The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, define the meaning of
22
the expression Australian program for the purposes of this section.
23
Note:
See also section 16 of the Australian Communications and Media
24
Authority Act 2005 (consistency with CER Trade in Services
25
Protocol).
26
First release Australian drama program
27
(8) For the purposes of this section, first release means:
28
(a) if an instrument is in force under subsection (9)--first release
29
as defined by that instrument; or
30
(b) otherwise--first release (within the meaning of the
31
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard 2005
32
as in force on 1 January 2013).
33
(9) The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, define the meaning of
34
the expression first release for the purposes of this section.
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Note:
See also section 16 of the Australian Communications and Media
1
Authority Act 2005 (consistency with CER Trade in Services
2
Protocol).
3
(10) For the purposes of this section, Australian drama program
4
means:
5
(a) if an instrument is in force under subsection (12)--an
6
Australian drama program as defined by that instrument; or
7
(b) otherwise:
8
(i) an Australian drama program (within the meaning of the
9
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard
10
2005 as in force on 1 January 2013); or
11
(ii) an Australian official co-production (within the meaning
12
of the Broadcasting Services (Australian Content)
13
Standard 2005 as in force on 1 January 2013) that is a
14
drama program; or
15
(iii) a New Zealand program (within the meaning of the
16
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard
17
2005 as in force on 1 January 2013) that is a drama
18
program; or
19
(iv) an Australian/New Zealand program (within the
20
meaning of the Broadcasting Services (Australian
21
Content) Standard 2005 as in force on 1 January 2013)
22
that is a drama program.
23
(11) For the purposes of subparagraphs (10)(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv), drama
24
program means a program that would be an Australian drama
25
program (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services
26
(Australian Content) Standard 2005 as in force on 1 January 2013)
27
if the expression "Australian" were omitted from paragraphs (a)
28
and (c) of the definition of Australian drama program in that
29
standard as in force on 1 January 2013.
30
(12) The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, define the meaning of
31
the expression Australian drama program for the purposes of this
32
section.
33
Note:
See also section 16 of the Australian Communications and Media
34
Authority Act 2005 (consistency with CER Trade in Services
35
Protocol).
36
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Licence allocated under subsection 40(1) on or after 1 January
1
2007
2
(13) If a commercial television broadcasting licence is or was allocated
3
under subsection 40(1) on or after 1 January 2007, subsections (1)
4
and (2) of this section do not apply to the licensee for:
5
(a) the calendar year in which the licence is or was allocated; and
6
(b) any of the next 4 calendar years.
7
Ministerial direction
8
(14) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, give directions to the
9
ACMA in relation to the exercise of its powers under this section.
10
Note:
Section 42 (disallowance) and Part 6 (sunsetting) of the Legislative
11
Instruments Act 2003 do not apply to the direction (see sections 44
12
and 54 of that Act).
13
(15) The ACMA must comply with a direction under subsection (14).
14
6 Subsection 122(1)
15
Omit "notice in writing", substitute "legislative instrument".
16
7 At the end of subsection 122(1)
17
Add:
18
Note:
See also section 16 of the Australian Communications and Media
19
Authority Act 2005 (consistency with CER Trade in Services
20
Protocol).
21
8 Subsection 122(5)
22
Repeal the subsection.
23
9 Subsections 122(7) and (9)
24
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
25
(7) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, give directions to the
26
ACMA in relation to the exercise of its powers under this section.
27
Note:
Section 42 (disallowance) and Part 6 (sunsetting) of the Legislative
28
Instruments Act 2003 do not apply to the direction (see sections 44
29
and 54 of that Act).
30
(8) The ACMA must comply with a direction under subsection (7).
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(9) The ACMA must not determine a standard under subsection (1)
1
that has the effect of quantitatively extending the requirements
2
imposed by subsection 121G(1) or (2).
3
(10) If:
4
(a) a standard under subsection (1) imposes a quantitative
5
requirement in relation to a particular kind of program
6
transmitted by a commercial television broadcasting licensee;
7
and
8
(b) the requirement does not substantially correspond to
9
subsection 121G(1) or (2); and
10
(c) a program of that kind is transmitted on a commercial
11
television broadcasting service provided by the licensee;
12
the transmission of the program counts for the purposes of meeting
13
the requirement.
14
Note:
The following are examples of a kind of program:
15
(a) an Australian drama program (within the meaning of the
16
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard 2005);
17
(b) a C program (within the meaning of the Children's Television
18
Standards 2009);
19
(c) a P program (within the meaning of the Children's Television
20
Standards 2009).
21
(11) If a commercial television broadcasting licence is or was allocated
22
under subsection 40(1) on or after 1 January 2007, standards under
23
subsection (1) of this section do not apply to the licensee during:
24
(a) the calendar year in which the licence is or was allocated; and
25
(b) any of the next 4 calendar years.
26
(12) For the purposes of this section, in determining whether a
27
requirement substantially corresponds to subsection 121G(1) or
28
(2), disregard any differences as to:
29
(a) percentage; or
30
(b) viewing hours.
31
10 After paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2
32
Insert:
33
(aa) the licensee will comply with section 121G (which deals with
34
Australian content);
35
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Part 1 General amendments
10 Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Convergence Review and Other Measures) Bill
2013 No. , 2013
11 Clause 60D of Schedule 4
1
Repeal the clause.
2
12 Transitional
--
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content)
3
Standard 2005
4
Section 9 of the Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard
5
2005 does not apply in relation to programs transmitted in:
6
(a) the calendar year beginning on 1 January 2013; or
7
(b) a later calendar year.
8
Note:
Section 9 of the Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard 2005 deals with
9
transmission quotas for Australian programs.
10
13 Transitional
--
section 122 of the Broadcasting Services
11
Act 1992
12
Standards under subsection 122(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act
13
1992 do not apply to programs transmitted before 1 January 2013 on a
14
commercial television broadcasting service provided by a commercial
15
television broadcasting licensee, unless that service is the core/primary
16
commercial television broadcasting service provided by the licensee.
17
14 Transitional
--
standards under section 122 of the
18
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
19
(1)
For the purposes of this item, interim period means the period:
20
(a) beginning at the start of 1 January 2013; and
21
(b) ending immediately before the commencement of this item.
22
(2)
If, during the interim period:
23
(a) a standard under subsection 122(1) of the Broadcasting
24
Services Act 1992 imposed a quantitative requirement in
25
relation to a particular kind of program transmitted by a
26
commercial television broadcasting licensee; and
27
(b) the requirement did not substantially correspond to
28
subsection 121G(1) or (2) of the Broadcasting Services Act
29
1992 (as amended by this Schedule); and
30
(c) a program of that kind was transmitted on a commercial
31
television broadcasting service provided by the licensee;
32
the transmission of the program counts for the purposes of meeting the
33
requirement.
34
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Note:
The following are examples of a kind of program:
1
(a) an Australian drama program (within the meaning of the
2
Broadcasting Services (Australian Content) Standard 2005);
3
(b) a C program (within the meaning of the Children's Television
4
Standards 2009);
5
(c) a P program (within the meaning of the Children's Television
6
Standards 2009).
7
(3)
For the purposes of this item, in determining whether a requirement
8
substantially corresponds to subsection 121G(1) or (2) of the
9
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (as amended by this Schedule):
10
(a) disregard any differences as to:
11
(i) percentage; or
12
(ii) viewing hours; and
13
(b) assume that section 121G of the Broadcasting Services Act
14
1992 (as amended by this Schedule) had been in force during
15
the interim period.
16
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
17
15 Section 3
18
Insert:
19
Indigenous person means a person who is:
20
(a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
21
(b) a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait
22
Islands.
23
16 At the end of subsection 17(2)
24
Add:
25
; and (d) that at least one of the Directors is an Indigenous person.
26
17 Application provision
27
The amendment of subsection 17(2) of the Special Broadcasting
28
Service Act 1991 made by this Schedule applies in relation to the
29
appointment of non-executive Directors after the commencement of this
30
item.
31
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Part 2
--
Charters of the ABC and SBS etc.
1
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983
2
18 Subsection 3(1)
3
Insert:
4
digital electronic communications means communications that:
5
(a) are carried by means of guided and/or unguided
6
electromagnetic energy; and
7
(b) involve the use of digital technology.
8
19 Subsection 3(1)
9
Insert:
10
digital media service has the meaning given by section 3A.
11
20 After section 3
12
Insert:
13
3A Digital media service
14
(1) For the purposes of this Act, digital media service means:
15
(a) a service that delivers content to persons having equipment
16
appropriate for receiving that content, where the delivery of
17
the service is by means of digital electronic communications;
18
or
19
(b) a service that allows end-users to access content using digital
20
electronic communications;
21
but does not include:
22
(c) a broadcasting service; or
23
(d) a datacasting service.
24
(2) For the purposes of this section, content means content:
25
(a) whether in the form of text; or
26
(b) whether in the form of data; or
27
(c) whether in the form of speech, music or other sounds; or
28
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(d) whether in the form of visual images (animated or
1
otherwise); or
2
(e) whether in any other form; or
3
(f) whether in any combination of forms.
4
21 After paragraph 6(1)(b)
5
Insert:
6
(ba) to provide digital media services; and
7
22 At the end of subsection 6(1)
8
Add:
9
Note:
See also section 31AA (Corporation or prescribed companies to be the
10
only providers of Commonwealth-funded international broadcasting
11
services).
12
23 Subsection 8(2)
13
After "broadcasting", insert "or digital media services".
14
24 Before subsection 31(1)
15
Insert:
16
Broadcasting services
17
25 At the end of subsection 31(1)
18
Add "on any of the Corporation's broadcasting services".
19
26 At the end of section 31
20
Add:
21
Digital media services
22
(4) The Corporation must not have advertisements in any of the
23
Corporation's digital media services.
24
(5) Subsection (4) does not prevent the Corporation, if the Board
25
thinks fit, from having in a digital media service:
26
(a) content relating to an activity or proposed activity of the
27
Corporation; or
28
(b) content supplied by an organisation or person engaged in:
29
(i) artistic, literary, musical or theatrical production; or
30
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(ii) educational pursuits; or
1
(c) content that is supplied by an organisation or person other
2
than content that is, in the opinion of the Corporation, being
3
used as an advertisement; or
4
(d) content the provision of which is directed by the Minister
5
under subsection 78(3A).
6
(6) Subsection (4) does not apply to a digital media service that relates
7
to the Corporation's international television service and its
8
associated audio channels.
9
(7) Subsection (4) does not apply to an eligible electronic publication.
10
(8) For the purposes of this section, if:
11
(a) content consists of:
12
(i) an electronic edition of a book, magazine or newspaper;
13
or
14
(ii) an audio recording of the text, or abridged text, of a
15
book, magazine or newspaper; and
16
(b) a print edition of the book, magazine or newspaper is or was
17
available to the public (whether by way of purchase or
18
otherwise) in Australia;
19
the content is an eligible electronic publication.
20
27 At the end of Part IV
21
Add:
22
31AA Corporation or prescribed companies to be the only providers
23
of Commonwealth-funded international broadcasting
24
services
25
The Commonwealth must not enter into a contract or other
26
arrangement with a person or body other than:
27
(a) the Corporation; or
28
(b) a prescribed company (within the meaning of section 25A);
29
if the contract or arrangement:
30
(c) is for the provision of international broadcasting services;
31
and
32
(d) provides for the Commonwealth to make payments to the
33
person or body.
34
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28 After subsection 78(3)
1
Insert:
2
(3A) If the Minister is of the opinion that the provision of particular
3
content by the Corporation would be in the national interest, the
4
Minister may direct the Corporation to provide that content on all
5
of its digital media services or on such of them as are specified in
6
the direction. If such a direction is given, the Corporation must
7
provide that content, free of charge, in accordance with the
8
direction.
9
29 At the end of paragraph 80(a)
10
Add "and".
11
30 After paragraph 80(a)
12
Insert:
13
(b) particulars of each provision of content by the Corporation on
14
a digital media service during the year to which the report
15
relates in accordance with a direction by the Minister under
16
subsection 78(3A); and
17
31 At the end of paragraph 80(c)
18
Add "and".
19
32 After paragraph 80(c)
20
Insert:
21
(ca) particulars of any provision of content by the Corporation on
22
a digital media service during that year in accordance with a
23
direction by the Minister otherwise than under this Act; and
24
33 At the end of paragraph 80(d)
25
Add "and".
26
34 After paragraph 80(d)
27
Insert:
28
(daa) particulars of any direction not to provide content on a digital
29
media service that was given to the Corporation during that
30
year by the Minister otherwise than under this Act; and
31
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35 At the end of paragraphs 80(da), (e) and (g)
1
Add "and".
2
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
3
36 Section 3
4
Insert:
5
digital electronic communications means communications that:
6
(a) are carried by means of guided and/or unguided
7
electromagnetic energy; and
8
(b) involve the use of digital technology.
9
37 Section 3
10
Insert:
11
digital media service has the meaning given by section 3A.
12
38 After section 3
13
Insert:
14
3A Digital media service
15
(1) For the purposes of this Act, digital media service means:
16
(a) a service that delivers content to persons having equipment
17
appropriate for receiving that content, where the delivery of
18
the service is by means of digital electronic communications;
19
or
20
(b) a service that allows end-users to access content using digital
21
electronic communications;
22
but does not include:
23
(c) a radio or television service; or
24
(d) a datacasting service.
25
(2) For the purposes of this section, content means content:
26
(a) whether in the form of text; or
27
(b) whether in the form of data; or
28
(c) whether in the form of speech, music or other sounds; or
29
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(d) whether in the form of visual images (animated or
1
otherwise); or
2
(e) whether in any other form; or
3
(f) whether in any combination of forms.
4
39 Subsection 6(1)
5
Omit "radio and television services", substitute "radio, television and
6
digital media services".
7
40 Paragraphs 6(2)(g) and (h)
8
Before "contribute", insert "to the extent to which the function relates to
9
radio and television services--".
10
41 Subsection 11(2)
11
Omit "subsection (3)", substitute "subsections (3) and (3A)".
12
42 After subsection 11(3)
13
Insert:
14
(3A) The Minister must not give a direction in relation to the content to
15
be provided on a digital media service.
16
43 After subsection 12(4)
17
Insert:
18
(4A) If the Minister is of the opinion that the provision of particular
19
content by the SBS would be in the national interest, the Minister
20
may direct the SBS to provide that content on all of its digital
21
media services or on such of them as are specified in the direction.
22
If such a direction is given, the SBS must provide that content, free
23
of charge, in accordance with the direction.
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44 Subsections 12(5) and (6)
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After "direction", insert "under this section".
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45 Section 45 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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46 At the end of subsection 45(1)
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Add "on any of its broadcasting services".
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47 After section 45
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Insert:
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45A Advertising and sponsorship--digital media services
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(1) The SBS may have advertisements and sponsorship
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announcements on any of its digital media services.
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(2) The Board:
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(a) must develop and publicise guidelines on the kinds of
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advertisements and sponsorship announcements that it is
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prepared to have on its digital media services; and
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(b) may develop guidelines on other matters relating to
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advertisements and sponsorship announcements on its digital
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media services.
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(3) The Board must, from time to time, revise any guidelines
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developed by it and must ensure that the guidelines as so
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developed, or as so developed and revised, are included in the
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corporate plan, within the statement of strategies and policies to be
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followed by the SBS to achieve its objectives.
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(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the reference to
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kinds of advertisements and sponsorship announcements in that
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subsection includes a reference to such kinds of advertisements and
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sponsorship announcements identified by reference to products and
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services.
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(5) For the purposes of this section, announcement includes an
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announcement in the form of text.
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48 After paragraph 73(a)
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Insert:
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(aa) particulars of any content provided by the SBS on a digital
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media service during the year because of a direction by the
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Minister under subsection 12(4A); and
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49 After paragraph 73(b)
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Insert:
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(ba) particulars of any content provided by the SBS on a digital
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media service during the year because of a direction by the
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Minister otherwise than under this Act; and
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