Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 61CA

                   In this Division:

"approved local content plan" means an approved local content plan under Subdivision C.

"benchmark year" means:

                     (a)  in relation to a regional commercial radio broadcasting licence where a single trigger event has occurred--the 52‑week period ending on the Saturday before the day on which the trigger event occurred; and

                     (b)  in relation to a regional commercial radio broadcasting licence where 2 or more trigger events have occurred--the 52‑week period ending on the Saturday before the day on which the most recent trigger event occurred.

"community service announcement" means community information, or community promotional material, for the broadcast of which the licensee does not receive any consideration in cash or in kind.

"controller" has the same meaning as in Division 5A.

"designated local content program" means a program about matters of local significance, other than:

                     (a)  a news bulletin; or

                    (aa)  a weather bulletin; or

                     (b)  a community service announcement; or

                     (c)  an emergency warning.

"draft local content plan" means a draft local content plan under Subdivision C.

"eligible local news bulletins" means local news bulletins that meet the following requirements:

                     (a)  the bulletins are broadcast on at least 5 days during the week;

                     (b)  the bulletins broadcast on each of those days have a total duration of at least 12.5 minutes;

                     (c)  the bulletins are broadcast during prime‑time hours;

                     (d)  the bulletins adequately reflect matters of local significance;

                     (e)  none of the bulletins consists wholly of material that has previously been broadcast in the licence area concerned.

"eligible local weather bulletins" means local weather bulletins that meet the following requirements:

                     (a)  the bulletins are broadcast on at least 5 days during the week;

                     (b)  the bulletins are broadcast during prime‑time hours.

"emergency service agency" means:

                     (a)  a police force or service; or

                     (b)  a fire service; or

                     (c)  a body that runs an emergency service specified in the regulations.

"local" (except in sections 61CR and 61CS) has a meaning affected by section 61CC.

"metropolitan licence area" means:

                     (a)  a licence area in which is situated the General Post Office of the capital city of:

                              (i)  New South Wales; or

                             (ii)  Victoria; or

                            (iii)  Queensland; or

                            (iv)  Western Australia; or

                             (v)  South Australia; or

                     (b)  the licence area known as Western Suburbs Sydney RA1.

"news bulletin" means a regularly scheduled news bulletin.

"prime-time hours" means the hours:

                     (a)  beginning at 6 am each day or, if another time is prescribed, beginning at that prescribed time each day; and

                     (b)  ending at 10 am on the same day or, if another time is prescribed, ending at that prescribed time on the same day.

"regional commercial radio broadcasting licence" means a commercial radio broadcasting licence that has a regional licence area.

"regional licence area" means a licence area that is not a metropolitan licence area.

"Register" has the same meaning as in Division 5A.

"registrable media group" has the same meaning as in Division 5A.

"trigger event" has the meaning given by section 61CB.

"weather bulletin" means a regularly scheduled weather bulletin that is transmitted:

                     (a)  as a stand‑alone bulletin; or

                     (b)  in conjunction with a news bulletin.

"week" means a 7-day period that begins on a Sunday.