Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 26A

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a commercial television broadcasting licence for a licence area was in force immediately before 1 January 2007; and

                     (b)  the licence authorises the licensee to provide a HDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service in the licence area;

the relevant licence area plan is not required to deal with the HDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service.

          (1A)  If:

                     (a)  a commercial television broadcasting licence for a licence area was in force immediately before 1 January 2007; and

                     (b)  the licence authorises the licensee to provide a SDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service in the licence area;

the relevant licence area plan is not required to deal with the SDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service.

             (2)  Subsections (1) and (1A) cease to have effect at the end of the simulcast period, or the simulcast‑equivalent period, for the licence area concerned.

             (3)  In this section:

"HDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service" has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.

"SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service" has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.

"simulcast-equivalent period" has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.

"simulcast period" has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.