Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 26AA

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a television licence area plan is applicable to the transmission of one or more commercial television broadcasting services in a particular area; and

  (b)   those services are provided under a particular commercial television broadcasting licence;

the licensee must not transmit any of those commercial television broadcasting services in that area otherwise than in accordance with the television licence area plan.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a television licence area plan is applicable to the transmission of one or more national television broadcasting services in a particular area; and

  (b)   those services are provided by a particular national broadcaster;

the national broadcaster must not transmit any of those national television broadcasting services in that area otherwise than in accordance with the television licence area plan.

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a television licence area plan is applicable to the transmission of one or more television broadcasting services in a particular area; and

  (b)   those services are not provided:

  (i)   under a commercial television broadcasting licence; or

  (ii)   by a national broadcaster;

the provider of those television broadcasting services must not transmit any of those services in that area otherwise than in accordance with the television licence area plan.

  (4)   In this section:

"national television broadcasting service" has the same meaning as in Schedule   4.

"television broadcasting service" means a broadcasting service that provides television programs.