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BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 146 of 1988 - SECT 26

26. After section 82A of the Principal Act the following sections are
inserted: Applications for grant of limited licences

"82AB. (1) A person may apply to the Minister for the grant of a limited
licence.

"(2) The application must be in a form approved by the Minister.

"(3) Where the Minister receives an application under subsection (1), the
Minister shall:

   (a)  dismiss the application on technical or planning grounds;

   (b)  defer consideration of the application on technical or planning
        grounds;

   (c)  determine not to consider the application but to exercise the
        Minister's powers under subsection (5) instead; or

   (d)  refer the application to the Tribunal together with a written notice
        that sets out:

        (i)    the service specifications to which the licence is to be
               subject; and

        (ii)   an outline of the technical conditions proposed to be included
               in the licence warrant.

"(4) The Minister shall not exercise the power under paragraph (3) (b) or (c)
in relation to an application more than 2 months after receiving the
application.

"(5) The Minister may call for applications for a limited licence or limited
licences by publishing in the Gazette and in a newspaper or newspapers, if
any, circulating in the area concerned, a notice that:

   (a)  sets out, in relation to the licence or each of the licences:

        (i)    the service specifications to which the licence is to be
               subject; and

        (ii)   an outline of the technical conditions proposed to be included
               in the licence warrant;

   (b)  invites interested persons to apply to the Tribunal, in accordance
        with the regulations, for the grant of the licence or of one or more
        of the licences; and

   (c)  where the notice relates to 2 or more licences-sets out the maximum
        number of licences that the Tribunal may grant pursuant to the notice.

"(6) The Minister may exercise the powers under subsection (5) either:

   (a)  in response to an application under subsection (1); or

   (b)  on the Minister's own initiative.

"(7) A notice under subsection (5) shall specify the day by which applications
must be made to the Tribunal.

"(8) The day specified under subsection (7) shall be not less than 56 days
after the day on which the notice is published in the Gazette.

"(9) Where the Minister sets out in a notice under subsection (5) the maximum
number of licences that the Tribunal may grant pursuant to the notice, the
Tribunal may grant a licence, or a number of licences not exceeding that
maximum number, pursuant to the notice.

"(10) Where the Minister may defer consideration of an application under this
section, the Minister:

   (a)  may defer consideration of the application either indefinitely or for
        a particular period; and

   (b)  may specify the period by reference to the happening of a particular
        event or the existence of particular circumstances.

"(11) Where the Minister exercises a power under paragraph (3) (a), (b) or
(c), the Minister shall give the applicant, as soon as practicable after
exercising the power, written notice of the Minister's decision. Tribunal may
request outline of program content and format

"82AC. (1) The Tribunal may ask an applicant for a limited licence to give the
Tribunal a written statement that sets out an outline of the content and
format of the programs that the applicant intends to broadcast if granted the
licence.

"(2) A request under subsection (1) shall be in writing. Tribunal may request
applicant to give copy of constituent documents

"82AD. (1) The Tribunal may ask an applicant for a limited licence to give the
Tribunal a copy of the applicant's constituent documents.

"(2) A request under subsection (1) shall be in writing.". 


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