Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 146 of 1988 - SECT 43

43. After section 119AB of the Principal Act the following section is inserted
in Part IV: Special provisions relating to limited licences

"119AC. (1) It is a condition of a limited licence that the service provided
pursuant to the licence is in accordance with the purpose for which the
licence is granted.

"(2) Subject to this section, the holder of a limited licence shall not
broadcast an advertisement if the licensee receives payment or other
consideration for broadcasting the advertisement.

"(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a limited licence that is granted for
the purposes of providing an information service of the kind referred to in
paragraph 81B (5) (b).

"(4) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be taken to prevent the holder of a
special limited licence from broadcasting, in accordance with any applicable
program standards, a sponsorship announcement.

"(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a sponsorship announcement:

   (a)  shall not promote activities, events, products, services or programs;

   (b)  may acknowledge the support, whether financial or otherwise, of a
        person or persons:

        (i)    in respect of a particular program or programs provided under
               the licence; or

        (ii)   generally in respect of the service provided under the licence;
               and

   (c)  may specify the name and address of, and a concise description of the
        general nature of any business, undertaking or activity carried on by,
        that person or those persons.

"(6) In this section:
'special limited licence' means:

   (a)  a limited licence granted for special event purposes;

   (b)  a limited licence granted for special interest purposes; or

   (c)  a limited licence of a kind declared by the regulations to be a
        special limited licence for the purposes of this section.".