Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130ZC

Scope

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   the ACMA is satisfied that a body or association represents commercial television broadcasting licensees; and

  (b)   that body or association develops a conditional access scheme (the new scheme ) for the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section   38C; and

  (c)   the body or association gives a copy of the new scheme to the ACMA; and

  (d)   any of the following subparagraphs applies:

  (i)   the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA within 45 days after the first or only occasion on which a licence for the licence area is allocated under section   38C;

  (ii)   the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA in response to an invitation under section   130ZCAA;

  (iii)   the new scheme is expressed to replace another conditional access scheme registered under this section or section   130ZCA; and

  (da)   the ACMA is satisfied that:

  (i)   if the scheme is for the South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area or the Northern Australia TV3 licence area--the scheme complies with section   130ZB; or

  (ii)   if the scheme is for the Western Australia TV3 licence area--the scheme complies with section   130ZBB; and

  (e)   the ACMA is satisfied that the new scheme is consistent with the principle that a person in the licence area should have adequate reception of:

  (i)   all of the applicable terrestrial digital commercial television broadcasting services; or

  (ii)   all of the commercial television broadcasting services that the section   38C licensee is required to provide under clauses   7B and 7C of Schedule   2.

Registration

  (2)   The ACMA must:

  (a)   register the new scheme by including it in the register under section   130ZE; and

  (b)   do so within 35 days after the copy of the new scheme is given to the ACMA.