BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 92E Criteria for deciding whether to allocate a licence

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 92E

  (1)   In deciding whether to allocate a temporary community broadcasting licence to an applicant or to one of a group of applicants, the ACMA may have regard to:

  (a)   the undesirability of one person being in a position to exercise control of more than one community broadcasting licence that is a broadcasting services bands licence in the same licence area; and

  (b)   the undesirability of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or a political party being in a position to exercise control of a temporary community broadcasting licence.

  (2)   In deciding whether to allocate a temporary community broadcasting licence to an applicant or to one of a group of applicants, the ACMA may also have regard to:

  (a)   the extent to which the proposed service would meet the existing and perceived future needs of the community within the licence area of the proposed licence; and

  (b)   the nature and diversity of the interests of that community; and

  (ba)   the extent to which the proposed service would provide material of local significance (within the meaning of subsection   84(3)); and

  (c)   the nature and diversity of other broadcasting services (including national broadcasting services) available within that licence area; and

  (d)   the capacity of the applicant to provide the proposed service.