(1) Except as otherwise provided by or under this or any other Act, the SBS and its Board are not subject to direction by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Government.
(2) Section 22 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with the application of government policy to corporate Commonwealth entities) applies in relation to the SBS and its Board to the extent that a government policy order mentioned in that section does not affect the content or scheduling of programs.