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BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2002

2002

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

THE SENATE




Presented and read a first time









Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

No. , 2002

(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)



A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to broadcasting, and for related purposes

Contents

Broadcasting Services Act 1992 3

A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to broadcasting, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2002.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—HDTV quota standards

Broadcasting Services Act 1992

1 Subparagraph 37E(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 4

Omit all the words after “within the”, substitute “phase-in period”.

2 Paragraph 37E(2)(b) of Schedule 4

Omit “that 2-year period”, substitute “the phase-in period”.

3 After subclause 37E(2) of Schedule 4

Insert:

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the phase-in period is the period ending at the later of the following times:

(a) the end of 30 June 2003;

(b) the end of the 2-year period beginning when a licensee transmitting a commercial television broadcasting service in an area is required to commence transmitting the service in SDTV digital mode in that area.

4 Subclause 37EA(7) of Schedule 4

Omit “2-year period referred to in paragraph 37E(2)(b)”, substitute “phase-in period referred to in subclause 37E(2A)”.

5 Subparagraph 37F(2)(a)(ii) of Schedule 4

Omit all the words after “within the”, substitute “phase-in period”.

6 Paragraph 37F(2)(b) of Schedule 4

Omit “that 2-year period”, substitute “the phase-in period,”.

7 After subclause 37F(2) of Schedule 4

Insert:

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the phase-in period is the period ending at the later of the following times:

(a) the end of 30 June 2003;

(b) the end of the 2-year period beginning when a broadcaster transmitting a national television broadcasting service in an area is required to commence transmitting the service in SDTV digital mode in that area.

8 Subclause 37FA(7) of Schedule 4

Omit “2-year period referred to in paragraph 37F(2)(b)”, substitute “phase-in period referred to in subclause 37F(2A)”.

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