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BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 143 of 1980 - SECT 27

27. After section 111B of the Principal Act the following sections are
inserted in Part IVA: Sponsorship announcements

"111BA. (1) In this section, 'licensee' means the holder of a public
broadcasting licence.



"(2) Subject to this section, a licensee shall not broadcast advertisements.



"(3) Subject to this section, a licensee may, in respect of the broadcasting
of a program sponsored by another person, broadcast announcements specifying
only-

   (a)  the name and address of the sponsor; and

   (b)  a description, made in accordance with directions given by the
        Tribunal, of the business, undertaking or activity (if any) carried on
        by the sponsor.



"(4) A licensee shall comply with such directions as are given by the Tribunal
in relation to the broadcasting of sponsorship announcements. Public
broadcasting translator station licences

"111BB. (1) Subject to sub-sections (2) and (3), the Tribunal shall not grant
or renew a licence for a public broadcasting translator station if, in the
opinion of the Tribunal, satisfactory reception of broadcasting programs of a
public broadcasting station is being obtained in the area in which the signals
from that translator station 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) Where the Tribunal is of the opinion that satisfactory reception of
broadcasting programs of a public broadcasting station or public broadcasting
stations is being obtained in an area, but the Tribunal is also of the opinion
that those programs do not adequately serve the interests of the community in
that area or of a section or sections of that community by reason of the fact
that they are designed to serve primarily the different interests of a
community in another area or of another section or other sections of the
first- mentioned community, the Tribunal may grant or renew a licence for a
public broadcasting translator station to serve the needs of the
first-mentioned community or of that section or those sections of that
community.



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

"111BC. (1) Subject to sub-sections (2) and (3), the Tribunal shall not grant
or renew a licence for a public television translator station if, in the
opinion of the Tribunal, satisfactory reception of television programs of a
public television station is being obtained in the area in which the signals
from that translator station 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) Where the Tribunal is of the opinion that satisfactory reception of
television programs of a public television station or public television
stations is being obtained in an area, but the Tribunal is also of the opinion
that those programs do not adequately serve the interests of the community in
that area or of a section or sections of that community by reason of the fact
that they are designed to serve primarily the different interests of a
community in another area or of another section or other sections of the
first-mentioned community, the Tribunal may grant or renew a licence for a
public television translator station to serve the needs of the first-mentioned
community or of that section or those sections of that community.



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

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

   (a)  apply in relation to a public broadcasting translator station and the
        holder of a public broadcasting translator station 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 public television translator station and the
        holder of a public television translator station licence as they apply
        in relation to a commercial television station and the holder of a
        licence for a commercial television station.". 


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