Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3) 1987 No. 184 of 1987 - SECT 4

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

" 'constituent documents', in relation to a corporation, means:

   (a)  if the corporation has a memorandum and articles of association-the
        memorandum and articles of association of the corporation; or

   (b)  in any other case-the documents:

        (i)    under, or by virtue of which, the corporation is established;
               and

        (ii)   that define the constitution of the corporation and contain the
               rules governing the meetings and other proceedings of the
               corporation;
'government corporation' means a corporation established for a public purpose
by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory (other than a
corporation prescribed, or falling in a class of corporations prescribed, by
the regulations for the purpose of this definition);
'Parliament' means:

   (a)  the Parliament of the Commonwealth;

   (b)  a State Parliament;

   (c)  the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory; and

   (d)  any other body or assembly declared by the regulations to be a
        Parliament for the purposes of this definition;
'political party' means an organisation whose objects or activities include
the promotion of the election of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it to a
Parliament;
'statutory authority' means:

   (a)  a government corporation; or

   (b)  an authority or body (not being a corporation) established for a
        public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a
        Territory;"; and

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

"(12) A reference in this Act to the community to be served pursuant to a
licence, in relation to a public licence granted or to be granted for the
purpose of serving a particular special interest, or particular special
interests, of a section of the community that is located within the service
area of the licence, shall be read as a reference to that section of the
community.".