Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 91

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), if the ACMA receives an application under section 90, the ACMA may, by notice in writing given to the licensee, renew the licence for:

                     (a)  if:

                              (i)  the ACMA renews the licence after the time when the licence was due to expire; and

                             (ii)  under subsection 90(1E), the licence remained in force until the ACMA made a decision on the application;

                            the period:

                            (iii)  beginning immediately after the time when the ACMA made a decision on the application; and

                            (iv)  ending at the end of the period of 5 years that began immediately after the time when the licence was due to expire; or

                     (b)  otherwise--the period of 5 years beginning immediately after the time when the licence is due to expire.

             (2)  The ACMA must refuse to renew a community broadcasting licence if the ACMA decides that subsection 83(2) applies to the licensee.

          (2A)  The ACMA may refuse to renew a community broadcasting licence that is a broadcasting services bands licence if, having regard to the matters in paragraphs 84(2)(a) to (f), it considers that it would not allocate such a licence if it were deciding whether to allocate the licence to the licensee.

             (3)  The ACMA is not required to conduct an investigation or a hearing into whether a licence should be renewed.