Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 14

  (1)   Commercial broadcasting services are broadcasting services:

  (a)   that provide programs that, when considered in the context of the service being provided, appear to be intended to appeal to the general public; and

  (b)   that provide programs that:

  (i)   are able to be received by commonly available equipment; and

  (ii)   are made available free to the general public; and

  (c)   that are usually funded by advertising revenue; and

  (d)   that are operated for profit or as part of a profit - making enterprise; and

  (e)   that comply with any determinations or clarifications under section   19 in relation to commercial broadcasting services.

  (2)   For the purposes of the application of subsection   (1) to a broadcasting service provided under a licence allocated under section   38C, assume that there is no conditional access system that relates to the broadcasting service.