Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130ZZB

Commercial television broadcasting licensee

  (1)   If a commercial television broadcasting licensee, at the request of an emergency service agency, transmits an emergency warning on any of its commercial television broadcasting services, the licensee must:

  (a)   transmit the whole of the emergency warning in:

  (i)   the form of text; and

  (ii)   the form of speech; and

  (b)   if it is reasonably practicable to do so--provide a captioning service for the emergency warning.

Note:   For compliance by licensees, see clause   7 of Schedule   2.

National broadcaster

  (2)   If a national broadcaster, at the request of an emergency service agency, transmits an emergency warning on any of its national television broadcasting services, the national broadcaster must:

  (a)   transmit the whole of the emergency warning in:

  (i)   the form of text; and

  (ii)   the form of speech; and

  (b)   if it is reasonably practicable to do so--provide a captioning service for the emergency warning.

Subscription television licensee

  (3)   If a subscription television licensee, at the request of an emergency service agency, transmits an emergency warning on a subscription television service, the licensee must:

  (a)   transmit the whole of the emergency warning in:

  (i)   the form of text; and

  (ii)   the form of speech; and

  (b)   if it is reasonably practicable to do so--provide a captioning service for the emergency warning.

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.