Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130ZZ

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a subscription television licensee transmits a television program on a subscription television service; and

  (b)   the program has been previously transmitted:

  (i)   on the same subscription television service; or

  (ii)   on another subscription television service provided by the licensee; and

  (c)   the licensee provided a captioning service for the program when the program was so previously transmitted;

the licensee must provide a captioning service for the television program transmitted as mentioned in paragraph   (a).

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if:

  (a)   the program when previously transmitted was supplied by a channel provider or part - channel provider; and

  (b)   the program when transmitted as mentioned in paragraph   (1)(a) was not supplied by that channel provider or part - channel provider.

Note 1:   For compliance by subscription television broadcasting licensees, see clause   10 of Schedule   2.

Note 2:   For compliance by subscription television narrowcasting licensees, see clause   11 of Schedule   2.