Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 66 of 1985 - SECT 83

83. Section 117A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following
        sub-section:



"(1) Where the Corporation or a licensee broadcasts matter relating to a
political subject or current affairs, being matter that is in the form of
news, an address, a statement, a commentary or a discussion, the Corporation
or the licensee, as the case may be, shall cause a record of the matter to be
made-

   (a)  in the case of a radio broadcast-by means of a device for recording
        sound; or

   (b)  in the case of a television broadcast-by means of a device for
        recording images and associated sound."; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (7) the following sub-section:



"(7A) A licensee shall, without charge, make available to the Tribunal, upon
request, any specified record made by the licensee pursuant to sub-section (1)
that has been retained by the licensee (whether or not the licensee is, at the
time of the request, under an obligation by virtue of this section to retain
the record).".