Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 8AF

Regional racing service radio licence

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, a regional racing service radio licence is a regional commercial radio broadcasting licence, where the following conditions are satisfied in relation to a broadcasting service provided under the licence:

  (a)   the broadcasting service is promoted, on the broadcasting service:

  (i)   as a broadcasting service of interest mainly to persons involved in horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing; or

  (ii)   using the phrase "racing radio service";

  (b)   the racing content percentage, in relation to the broadcasting service, is 60% or more for each day, other than Christmas Day and Good Friday;

  (c)   if, on a particular day, content other than racing content is broadcast on the broadcasting service--a significant proportion of that content is:

  (i)   relevant to horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing; or

  (ii)   of interest mainly to persons involved in horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing.

  (2)   For the purposes of this section, racing content percentage means the percentage worked out using the following formula:

Start formula start fraction Total number of minutes of racing content broadcast on the day on the broadcasting service over Total number of minutes of content broadcast on the day on the broadcasting service end fraction times 100 end formula

  (3)   For the purposes of this section, racing content means content that consists of:

  (a)   coverage of a horse race, a harness race or a greyhound race; or

  (b)   information directly related to horse racing, harness racing or greyhound racing, including:

  (i)   selections; and

  (ii)   scratchings; and

  (iii)   betting information; and

  (iv)   track conditions; or

  (c)   other material that is broadcast during an hour, so long as that material:

  (i)   is broadcast between 2 races of a kind referred to in paragraph   (a); and

  (ii)   is not broadcast for more than 15 minutes of the hour.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback