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SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE AMENDMENT (PROHIBITION OF DISRUPTIVE ADVERTISING) BILL 2008
2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Special Broadcasting Service
Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive
Advertising) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Senator Allison)
A Bill for an Act to prohibit disruptive advertising
during SBS television programs, and for related
purposes
Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement................................................................................... 1
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Schedule(s) .......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Special Broadcasting Service Act
1991
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Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2008 No.
, 2008 1
A Bill for an Act to prohibit disruptive advertising
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during SBS television programs, and for related
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purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Special Broadcasting Service
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Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Act 2008.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Object
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The object of this Act is to prohibit the interruption of programming
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on SBS television by restricting advertising to the period between
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the completion of one program and the commencement of another
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program.
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4 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Schedule 1
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Amendment of the Special
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Broadcasting Service Act 1991
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1 Paragraph 45(2)(a)
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Omit ", after programs end or during natural program breaks", substitute
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"or after programs end".
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2 After section 45
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Insert:
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45A Non-program-content
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(1) The SBS must not interrupt a televised program for
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non-program-content (NPC).
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(2) For the purposes of this section, NPC is taken to mean any material
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that is separate from the program being broadcast such as, but not
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limited to, advertisements, sponsorship announcements, community
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service announcements, station promotional material, program
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promotional material and similar material.
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