Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 66 of 1985 - SECT 59

59. Section 92FAA of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-sub-paragraph (2) (c) (ii) (B) "effectively to
        operate the television station to which the licence relates" and
        substituting "to provide an adequate and comprehensive service
        pursuant to the licence";

   (b)  by omitting sub-paragraph (2) (c) (iii) and substituting the following
        sub-paragraph:



"(iii) if the licence to which the transaction relates is a non-metropolitan
commercial television licence whose service area overlaps the service area of
one or more non-metropolitan commercial licences-the Tribunal is satisfied,
having regard to the need to avoid undue concentration of influence, whether
direct or indirect, on the companies holding those licences, that approval of
the transaction should be refused in whole or in part insofar as it affects
the applicant,";

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ", by notice in writing served on the
        applicant";

   (d)  by omitting sub-section (3);

   (e)  by omitting sub-sections (6), (7) and (8);
(f) by inserting in sub-section (9) "in accordance with the regulations"
after "joined"; and

   (g)  by omitting paragraph (9) (c).