Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may give directions to the ACMA to give priority to a particular community interest or interests, whether generally or in a particular licence area, in allocating community licences that are broadcasting services bands licences.
(2) In deciding whether to allocate a community broadcasting licence that is a broadcasting services bands licence to an applicant or to one of a group of applicants, the ACMA is to have regard to:
(a) the extent to which the proposed service or services would meet the existing and perceived future needs of the community within the licence area of the proposed licence; and
(b) the nature and diversity of the interests of that community; and
(ba) in the case of a community radio broadcasting licence--the extent to which the proposed service or services would provide material of local significance; and
(c) the nature and diversity of other broadcasting services (including national broadcasting services) available within that licence area; and
(d) the capacity of the applicant to provide the proposed service or services; and
(e) the undesirability of one person being in a position to exercise control of more than one community broadcasting licence that is a broadcasting services bands licence in the same licence area; and
(f) the undesirability of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or a political party being in a position to exercise control of a community broadcasting licence.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(ba), material is of local significance if:
(a) it is hosted in the licence area of the proposed licence; or
(b) it is produced in the licence area of the proposed licence; or
(c) it relates to the licence area of the proposed licence.