BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130ZZB Emergency warnings
BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130ZZB
Emergency warningsCommercial television broadcasting licensee
(1) If a commercial television broadcasting licensee, at the request of an emergency service agency, transmits an emergency warning on any of its commercial television broadcasting services, the licensee must:
(a) transmit the whole of the emergency warning in:
(b) if it is reasonably practicable to do so--provide a captioning service for the emergency warning.
Note: For compliance by licensees, see clause 7 of Schedule 2.
(2) If a national broadcaster, at the request of an emergency service agency, transmits an emergency warning on any of its national television broadcasting services, the national broadcaster must:
(a) transmit the whole of the emergency warning in:
(b) if it is reasonably practicable to do so--provide a captioning service for the emergency warning.
Subscription television licensee
(3) If a subscription television licensee, at the request of an emergency service agency, transmits an emergency warning on a subscription television service, the licensee must:
(a) transmit the whole of the emergency warning in:
(b) if it is reasonably practicable to do so--provide a captioning service for the emergency warning.
Note 1: For compliance by subscription television broadcasting licensees, see clause 10 of Schedule 2.
Note 2: For compliance by subscription television narrowcasting
licensees, see clause 11 of Schedule 2.