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2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Senator Ludlam)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 2
4............ Objects................................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments commencing 1 January 2013 3
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 3
Schedule 2—Amendments commencing 1 January 2014 4
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 4
Schedule 3—Amendments commencing 1 January 2016 5
Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 5
A Bill for an Act to amend the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Act 2012 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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Commencement information |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table |
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
1 January 2013. |
1 January 2013 |
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3. Schedule 2 |
1 January 2014. |
1 January 2014 |
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4. Schedule 3 |
1 January 2016. |
1 January 2016 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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.
The objects of this Act are to:
(a) define natural program break in consideration of the examples given to the Parliament in 1991; and
(b) wind down the number of in-program breaks while providing an option for the SBS to replace in-program advertising with intra-program advertising, while having regard to the financial position of SBS; and
(c) in the longer term, limit in-program breaks to live or delayed broadcasts of sports events on SBS television.