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The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill (No. 1) 1999
No. , 1999
(Communications, Information Technology and the Arts)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , and for other purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1—Anti-hoarding amendments 3
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 3
Schedule 2—Pay TV programming in regional areas 18
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 18
Schedule 3—Re-transmission of programs 22
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 22
Copyright Act 1968 52
National Transmission Network Sale Act 1998 55
Telecommunications Act 1997 55
Schedule 4—Sponsorship announcements by community broadcasting licensees 56
Broadcasting Services Act 1992 56
A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , and for other purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999 .
2 Commencement
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Schedules 2 and 3 commence on the first day after the end of the period of 3 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3 Schedule(s )
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.