Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 8AC

  (1)   If the ACMA is satisfied that:

  (a)   the ACMA has taken sufficient action under:

  (i)   Part   3 of this Act; and

  (ii)   Part   2.3 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 ;

    to facilitate the provision of the following services in a licence area:

  (iii)   digital commercial radio broadcasting services;

  (iv)   digital community radio broadcasting services;

  (v)   digital national radio broadcasting services; and

  (b)   one or more foundation digital radio multiplex transmitter licences have been issued for the licence area; and

  (c)   the multiplex capacity, or the combined multiplex capacities, of those licences are sufficient to fulfil the standard access entitlements that are likely to come into existence under subsection   118NQ(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 in its application to the licence area; and

  (d)   an access undertaking under Division   4B of Part   3.3 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 is in force for the licence or licences referred to in paragraph   (b);

the ACMA may, by writing, declare a specified day to be the digital radio start - up day for the licence area.

  (2)   A day specified in a declaration under subsection   (1) must not be earlier than the day on which the declaration is made.

  (4)   A copy of a declaration under subsection   (1) must be made available on the ACMA's website.

  (5)   A declaration under subsection   (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Definitions

  (8)   In this section:

"licence area" means:

  (a)   the licence area of a commercial radio broadcasting licence; or

  (b)   the licence area of a community radio broadcasting licence, where that licence area is the same as the licence area of a commercial radio broadcasting licence.

Note:   See also section   8AD, which deals with deemed radio broadcasting licence areas.