Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 102 of 1990 - SECT 6

6. Section 83B of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (7) (b) "applications for such a commercial
        radio licence should be invited" and substituting "such a commercial
        radio licence should be granted";

   (b)  by omitting subsection (8) and substituting the following subsections:

"(8) Where the Tribunal makes a determination under subsection (7), the
Tribunal must, as soon as practicable after making the determination, give the
applicant and the Minister written notice of the determination and the reasons
for the determination.

"(9) If, at the time when the Tribunal makes a determination under subsection
(7), the process leading to the grant of the commercial radio licence referred
to in that subsection is not already underway, the Tribunal must, as soon as
practicable after making the determination, make a written recommendation to
the Minister that the Minister invite applications for that commercial
licence.

"(10) For the purposes of subsection (9), the process leading to the grant of
a commercial radio licence is already underway if a notice has been published
under subsection 82 (1) in relation to the licence and:

   (a)  the Tribunal has not yet determined the applications made in response
        to the notice; or

   (b)  the Tribunal has determined those applications but the licence has not
        yet been granted.".