NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 NO. 131, 1998 NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 NO. 131, 1998 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1 2 3 4 SCHEDULE 1 Amendments NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 No. 131, 1998 - SECT 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the National Transmission Network Sale (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998. NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 No. 131, 1998 - SECT 2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 No. 131, 1998 - SECT 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 No. 131, 1998 - SECT 4 Transitional Despite the repeal of section 74 of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 and section 71 of the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991, those sections continue to have effect in relation to a particular area until the Commonwealth ceases to have a controlling interest in the company to which the assets for that area have been transferred by the National Transmission Network Sale Act 1997. NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 NO. 131, 1998 - SCHEDULE 1 Amendments Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 1 Subsection 3(1) Insert: ABA means the Australian Broadcasting Authority established under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. 2 Subsection 3(1) Insert: national broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. 3 Subsection 3(1) (definition of technical equipment) Repeal the definition. 4 Subsection 3(1) (definition of wireless telegraphy) Repeal the definition. 5 After paragraph 25(1)(d) Insert: (da) to produce, promote or present programs or arrange, or provide facilities, for the production, promotion or presentation of programs; (db) to transmit programs or other matter by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or provide facilities for such transmissions; (dc) to arrange for the transmission of programs or other matter by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy; 6 Part VII Repeal the Part. 7 After section 79 Insert: SECT 79AA Report by ABA on degradation of signal quality If: (a) a person has made a complaint to the Corporation about degradation of the quality of signal reception of a national broadcasting service; and (b) within 60 days after making the complaint, the person did not receive a response that the person regarded as adequate; and (c) the signal concerned is received from an analog terrestrial radiocommunications transmitter; the Minister may direct the ABA to conduct an investigation into the matter. 8 At the end of section 80 Add: ; and (l) particulars of any significant changes during the year in the transmission coverage, or transmission quality, of national broadcasting services provided by the Corporation. Radiocommunications Act 1992 9 Section 5 Insert: NBS transmitter licence means a transmitter licence for a transmitter that is for use for transmitting, to the public, a national broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. 10 After subsection 100(3) Insert: (3A) An NBS transmitter licence cannot be issued to any person other than: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; or (b) the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation; or (c) the Commonwealth. 11 Subsection 106(1) After "section 101A", insert "or NBS transmitter licences". 12 At the end of subsection 106A(2) Add "or to an NBS transmitter licence". 13 At the end of section 131AA Add: (4) An NBS transmitter licence cannot be transferred to any person other than: (a) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; or (b) the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation; or (c) the Commonwealth. Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 14 Section 3 Insert: ABA means the Australian Broadcasting Authority established under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. 15 Section 3 (definition of electric line) Repeal the definition. 16 Section 3 Insert: national broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. 17 Section 3 (definition of transmission facilities) Repeal the definition. 18 Paragraphs 44(1)(b) and (c) Repeal the paragraphs, substitute: (b) to transmit programs or other matter by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or provide facilities for such transmissions; (c) to arrange for the transmission of programs or other matter by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy; 19 After section 70 Insert: SECT 70AA Report by ABA on degradation of signal quality If: (a) a person has made a complaint to the SBS about degradation of the quality of signal reception of a national broadcasting service; and (b) within 60 days after making the complaint, the person did not receive a response that the person regarded as adequate; and (c) the signal concerned is received from an analog terrestrial radiocommunications transmitter; the Minister may direct the ABA to conduct an investigation into the matter. 20 Section 71 Repeal the section. 21 Section 72 Repeal the section. 22 At the end of section 73 Add: ; and (m) particulars of any significant changes during the year in the transmission coverage, or transmission quality, of national broadcasting services provided by the SBS. [Minister's second reading speech made in-- Senate on 25 November 1998 House of Representatives on 10 December 1998] (136/98) NATIONAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK SALE (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 1998 NO. 131, 1998 - NOTES Compilation Information - Assented to 21 December 1998 [GRAPHIC] National Transmission Network Sale (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998 No. 131, 1998