Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1987 No. 184 of 1987 - SECT 34

34. (1) The Minister may, by written notice, direct the Tribunal to grant a
public radio licence to Community Radio Melbourne Pty Ltd and the Tribunal
shall, without holding an inquiry, comply with the direction.

(2) Before the Minister gives the direction under subsection (1), the Minister
shall determine:

   (a)  the service specifications to which it is proposed that the licence be
        subject; and

   (b)  the particular special interest or interests to be served pursuant to
        the licence.

(3) The direction by the Minister under subsection (1) shall specify the
particular special interest or interests to be served pursuant to the licence
as determined by the Minister under subsection (2).

(4) Upon the grant of the licence pursuant to subsection (1), the Minister
shall grant a licence warrant in relation to the licence in accordance with
section 89D of the Principal Act.

(5) The licence granted pursuant to subsection (1) shall:

   (a)  have the specifications determined by the Minister under subsection
        (2); and

   (b)  be expressed to commence on the day on which subsection (8) comes into
        operation and to end on 3 September 1990.

(6) Subject to subsections 85 (1) and 86 (12) of the Principal Act, the
licence granted pursuant to subsection (1) is subject to the following
conditions:

   (a)  the specifications determined by the Minister under subsection (2);

   (b)  the conditions imposed by the Tribunal for the purpose of giving
        effect to the determination by the Minister, under subsection (2), of
        the purpose for which the licence is granted.

(7) In imposing conditions pursuant to paragraph (6) (b), the Tribunal shall,
as far as practicable, impose conditions consistent with:

   (a)  the fact that the licence is a public licence; and

   (b)  the conditions applicable, immediately before the commencement of
        subsection (8), to the licence referred to in that subsection.

(8) Upon the commencement of this subsection, the licence held by Community
Radio Melbourne Pty Ltd under the Principal Act, being the licence expressed
to end on 3 September 1990, is, by force of this subsection, revoked.