Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130BA

             (1)  The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, determine technical standards that relate to domestic reception equipment that is capable of receiving any or all of the following services transmitted using a digital modulation technique:

                     (a)  commercial radio broadcasting services;

                     (b)  national radio broadcasting services;

                     (c)  community radio broadcasting services;

                     (d)  subscription radio broadcasting services provided under a class licence;

                     (e)  subscription radio narrowcasting services provided under a class licence;

                      (f)  open narrowcasting radio services provided under a class licence;

                     (g)  restricted datacasting services provided under restricted datacasting licences.

Offence

             (2)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person supplies equipment; and

                     (b)  the equipment is domestic reception equipment; and

                     (c)  the equipment is capable of receiving any or all of the following services transmitted using a digital modulation technique:

                              (i)  commercial radio broadcasting services;

                             (ii)  national radio broadcasting services;

                            (iii)  community radio broadcasting services;

                            (iv)  subscription radio broadcasting services provided under a class licence;

                             (v)  subscription radio narrowcasting services provided under a class licence;

                            (vi)  open narrowcasting radio services provided under a class licence;

                           (vii)  restricted datacasting services provided under restricted datacasting licences; and

                     (d)  the equipment does not comply with a standard determined under subsection (1).

Penalty:  1,500 penalty units.

Civil penalty

             (3)  A person must not supply domestic reception equipment if:

                     (a)  the equipment is capable of receiving any or all of the following services transmitted using a digital modulation technique:

                              (i)  commercial radio broadcasting services;

                             (ii)  national radio broadcasting services;

                            (iii)  community radio broadcasting services;

                            (iv)  subscription radio broadcasting services provided under a class licence;

                             (v)  subscription radio narrowcasting services provided under a class licence;

                            (vi)  open narrowcasting radio services provided under a class licence;

                           (vii)  restricted datacasting services provided under restricted datacasting licences; and

                     (b)  the equipment does not comply with a standard determined under subsection (1).

             (4)  Subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision.

Instruments

             (5)  Section 589 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 applies to standards determined under subsection (1) of this section in a corresponding way to the way in which it applies to an instrument under that Act.

Reception of subscription radio broadcasting services

             (6)  For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether domestic reception equipment is capable of receiving subscription radio broadcasting services when used:

                     (a)  in isolation; or

                     (b)  in conjunction with any other equipment.

Exemptions

             (7)  The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, exempt specified domestic reception equipment from subsections (2) and (3).

Note:          For specification by class, see subsection 13(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 .

Definition

             (8)  In this section:

"supply" has the same meaning as in the Trade Practices Act 1974 .