BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 43AC Commercial television programs to be provided to section 38C licensees by remote terrestrial licensees
BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 43AC
Commercial television programs to be provided to section 38C licensees by remote terrestrial licensees(1) This section applies if the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence (the remote terrestrial licence ) is a related terrestrial licence area of a licence allocated under section 38C.
Programs to be provided by remote terrestrial licensees
(2) The remote terrestrial licence is subject to the condition that, if the licensee broadcasts a program in the related terrestrial licence area on either of the following services (a remote terrestrial service ):
(a) a HDTV multi - channelled commercial television broadcasting service;
(b) a SDTV multi - channelled commercial television broadcasting service;
the licensee of the remote terrestrial licence must:
(c) provide the program to the section 38C licensee for broadcast by the section 38C licensee; and
(i) simultaneously with the broadcast of that program on the remote terrestrial service; or
(ii) as soon as practicable after the broadcast of that program on the remote terrestrial service.
HDTV digital mode or SDTV digital mode
(3) A program must be provided under subsection (2) by transmitting it:
(a) if paragraph (2)(a) applies--in HDTV digital mode (within the meaning of Schedule 4); or
(b) if paragraph (2)(b) applies--in SDTV digital mode (within the meaning of Schedule 4).
"HDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service" has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.
"related terrestrial licence area" :
(a) in relation to a licence allocated under section 38C for the South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area--means a licence area mentioned in column 3 of item 1 of the table in subsection 38C(1); or
(b) in relation to a licence allocated under section 38C for the Northern Australia TV3 licence area--means a licence area mentioned in column 3 of item 2 of the table in subsection 38C(1); or
(c) in relation to a licence allocated under section 38C for the Western Australia TV3 licence area--means a licence area mentioned in column 3 of item 3 of the table in subsection 38C(1).
"SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service" has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.
" section 38C licensee" means the licensee of a commercial television
broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C.