Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In deciding whether to allocate a temporary community broadcasting licence to an applicant or to one of a group of applicants, the ACMA may have regard to:
(a) 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
(b) the undesirability of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory or a political party being in a position to exercise control of a temporary community broadcasting licence.
(2) In deciding whether to allocate a temporary community broadcasting licence to an applicant or to one of a group of applicants, the ACMA may also have regard to:
(a) the extent to which the proposed service 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) the extent to which the proposed service would provide material of local significance (within the meaning of subsection 84(3)); 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.