Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) a person was not, immediately before the commencement of this Act, in contravention of a provision of Part IIIBA of the Broadcasting Act because the person was taken not to be, by reason of the application of the provisions of that Part, in a position to exercise control of a former commercial radio licence, a former commercial television licence, a newspaper or a company; and
(b) the person would, but for this section, be in contravention of a provision of Part 5 of the new Act on that commencement because the person would be taken to be in a position to exercise control of the corresponding commercial radio broadcasting licence or commercial television broadcasting licence, or that newspaper or company, as the case may be;
the person is not taken to be in a position to exercise control of the licence, newspaper or company, as the case may be, for the purposes of the new Act while the circumstances of that person relevant to deciding under the new Act whether that person is in a position to exercise control of that licence, newspaper or company remain unchanged.
(2) In this section:
"corresponding commercial radio broadcasting licence" , in relation to a former commercial radio licence, means the commercial radio broadcasting licence to which paragraph 5(1)(a) refers in relation to that former licence.
"corresponding commercial television broadcasting licence" , in relation to a former commercial television licence, means the commercial television broadcasting licence to which paragraph 5(1)(b) refers in relation to that former licence.
"newspaper" has the same meaning as in Part IIIBA of the Broadcasting Act.