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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS BROADCASTING ACT 1974 No. 32, 1974 - SECT 3
Interpretation.
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-
(a) by inserting before the definition of "national broadcasting station" the
following definition:-
" 'joint sitting' means a joint sitting of the members of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives convened by the Governor-General in pursuance of
section 57 of the Constitution;" and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:-
"(2) In this Act-
(a) a reference to televising shall be read as a reference to the
transmission from a television station of visual images, with or
without accompanying sound; and
(b) a reference to re-broadcasting of proceedings shall be read as a
reference to broadcasting from a sound recording of proceedings.
"(3) Sections 14, 15 and 16 apply in relation to proceedings of a joint
sitting as if-
(a) a reference to broadcasting of proceedings included a reference to
televising of proceedings; and
(b) a reference to re-broadcasting of proceedings included a reference to
televising from a recording of proceedings.".
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