Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 29 Publication of journals, &c., and making, &c., of sound recordings, &c.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 29

29. (1) The Corporation may, in such manner as the Board thinks fit-

   (a)  compile, prepare, issue, circulate and distribute such literary
        material as the Board thinks fit (including the program schedules of
        national broadcasting stations, national television stations and other
        broadcasting and television stations); and

   (b)  make, promote, circulate and distribute-

        (i)    cinematograph films and sound recordings of, or relating to-

                (A)  programs of the Corporation (whether or not broadcast or
                     televised); and

                (B)  public concerts and other public entertainment referred
                     to in paragraph 28 (b); and

        (ii)   any article or thing bearing a mark that is associated with any
               program, concert or entertainment referred to in sub-paragraph
               (i).

(2) The Corporation may, if the Board thinks fit, from time to time determine
charges payable in respect of any matter or activity referred to in
sub-section (1), with a view to raising as much net revenue as is practicable,
having regard to the proper performance of its functions and to the matter or
activity concerned.

(3) A program schedule referred to in paragraph (1) (a) shall be made
available at an office of the Corporation on equal terms to the publishers of
any newspaper, magazine or journal published in Australia before the
publication of the program schedule pursuant to sub-section (1).
(4) In this section, ''mark'' includes a symbol, design, colour, device,
brand, heading, label, sign, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, numeral,
drawing or picture, or any combination of the foregoing.