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1996-97
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Radio Licence
Fees Amendment Bill 1997
No. ,
1997
(Communications and the
Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Radio Licence Fees Act 1964
9703220—975/14.3.1997—(32/97) Cat.
No. 96 7402 0 ISBN 0644 499958
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the Radio Licence Fees Act
1964
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Radio Licence Fees Amendment Act
1997.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), sections 1, 2 and 3, and the items of
Schedule 1 other than item 4, commence on the day on which this Act receives the
Royal Assent.
(2) Item 4 of Schedule 1 is taken to have commenced on 5 October
1992.
Subject to section 2, 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this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the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.
1 Subsection 4(1)
Insert:
ABA means the Australian Broadcasting Authority established
by the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
2 Subsection 4(1) (definition of FM access
fee)
Repeal the definition.
3 Subsection 4(1) (definition of gross
earnings)
Omit “pursuant to”, substitute “by the service provided
under”.
4 Subsection 4(1) (definition of
licence)
Omit “5(1)(b)”, substitute “5(1)(a)”.
5 Subsection 4(1) (definition of
licence)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
licence means:
(a) a commercial radio broadcasting licence referred to in paragraph
5(1)(a), (d) or (f) of the Transitional Provisions Act; or
(b) a commercial radio broadcasting licence allocated or renewed, whether
before, on or after the commencement of this definition, under the
Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
6 Section 5
Omit “his”, substitute “the”.
7 Subsection 6(1)
Repeal the subsection.
8 Paragraph 6(3)(b)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) had, before the day on which the Radio Licence Fees Amendment Act
1997 received the Royal Assent, in accordance with subsection 123(2) of the
Broadcasting Act 1942 as applied by section 22 of the Transitional
Provisions Act; or
(c) has, on or after the day on which the Radio Licence Fees Amendment
Act 1997 received the Royal Assent, in accordance with subsection 205B(2) of
the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
9 Sections 6B, 6BA and 6C
Repeal the sections.
10 Section 7
Omit “Minister” (wherever occurring), substitute
“ABA”.