Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1987 No. 184 of 1987 - SECT 20

20. (1) Section 84 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting in subsection (2) "(other than a public licence)" after

"licence" (first occurring);
(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) "so determined by the Minister" and
substituting "determined by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1)"; and

   (c)  by adding at the end the following subsection:

"(3) Upon the grant of a public licence, the conditions of the licence are:

   (a)  the specifications determined by the Minister pursuant to subsection
        (1);

   (b)  the conditions imposed by the Tribunal for the purpose of giving
        effect to any determination by the Tribunal, pursuant to subsection
        81A (4), of the purpose for which the licence is granted; and

   (c)  any other conditions, not relating to matters referred to in the
        definition of 'service specification' or 'technical condition' in
        subsection 80 (1), imposed by the Tribunal.".

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the amendments made by subsection (1) apply
only in relation to the grant of a public licence after the commencement of
this section.

(3) The amendments made by subsection (1) do not apply in relation to:

   (a)  the grant by way of renewal of a licence that was granted before the
        commencement of this section; or

   (b)  the grant of a licence under section 99 or 99A of the
        Broadcasting and  Television Amendment Act 1985 .