Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 61AH

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   one or more transactions take place on or after the commencement day; and

  (b)   the transactions have the result that:

  (i)   an unacceptable media diversity situation comes into existence in relation to the licence area of a commercial radio broadcasting licence; or

  (ii)   if an unacceptable media diversity situation already exists in relation to the licence area of a commercial radio broadcasting licence--there is a reduction in the number of points in the licence area; and

  (c)   the ACMA has not approved the transactions under section   61AJ.

  (2)   A person must not be:

  (a)   a party to the transactions; or

  (b)   in a position to prevent the transactions taking place.

  (3)   Subsection   (2) is a civil penalty provision.