Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 143 of 1980 - SECT 17

17. After Division 5 of Part III of the Principal Act the following Division
is inserted:



"Division 5A-National Translator Station Licences National broadcasting
translator station licences

"75. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Tribunal shall not grant or renew a
national broadcasting translator station licence if, in the opinion of the
Tribunal, satisfactory reception of the broadcasting programs of the
Commission is being obtained in the area in which the signals from the station
to be operated by virtue of the licence are designed to be satisfactorily
received.



"(2) The Tribunal shall not form an opinion for the purposes of sub-section
(1) except after obtaining and considering the comments of the Minister.



"(3) One of the conditions of a national broadcasting translator station
licence shall be that the station is operated only for the reception and re-
transmission of the programs of national broadcasting stations and that those
programs are re-transmitted without alteration. National television translator
station licences

"76. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the Tribunal shall not grant or renew a
national television translator station licence if, in the opinion of the
Tribunal, satisfactory reception of the television programs of the Commission
is being obtained in the area in which the signals from the station to be
operated by virtue of the licence are designed to be satisfactorily received.



"(2) The Tribunal shall not form an opinion for the purposes of sub-section
(1) except after obtaining and considering the comments of the Minister.



"(3) One of the conditions of a national television translator station licence
shall be that the station is operated only for the reception and
re-transmission of the programs of national television stations and that those
programs are re-transmitted without alteration. Technical matters

"76A. The provisions of Division 4 of Part IV and of sections 107, 110 and
111-

   (a)  apply in relation to a broadcasting translator station operated by
        virtue of a national broadcasting translator station licence and the
        holder of such a licence as they apply in relation to a commercial
        broadcasting station and the holder of a licence for a commercial
        broadcasting station; and

   (b)  apply in relation to a television translator station operated by
        virtue of a national television translator station licence and the
        holder of such a licence as they apply in relation to a commercial
        television station and the holder of a licence for a commercial
        television station.".