Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 No. 110 of 1992 - SECT 59

59. (1) The ABA is to maintain an Associated Newspaper Register.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, a newspaper is associated with the
licence area of a licence if the name of the newspaper is entered in the
Register as being associated with the licence area of the licence.

(3) If the ABA is satisfied that at least 50% of the circulation of a
newspaper is within the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting
licence or a commercial radio broadcasting licence, the ABA is to enter the
name of the newspaper in the Register in relation to that licence area.

(4) If the ABA is satisfied that less than 50% of the circulation of a
newspaper that is entered in the Register in relation to a commercial
television broadcasting licence or a commercial radio broadcasting licence is
within the licence area of that licence, the ABA is to remove the name of the
newspaper from the Register in relation to that licence area.

(5) The Register is to be open for public inspection, and a person is entitled
to be given a copy of, or an extract from, any entry in the Register.

(6) The ABA may charge fees for inspections of the Register or for the
provision of copies of or extracts from the Register.

(7) The ABA may supply copies of or extracts from the Register certified by a
member, and a copy or extract so certified is admissible in evidence in all
courts and proceedings without further proof or production of the original.