Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-Siphoning) Act 2005 (Cth)

Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti‑Siphoning) Act 2005

No. 43, 2005

An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes

Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992

Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti-Siphoning) Act 2005

No. 43, 2005

An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes

[Assented to 1 April 2005]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Anti‑Siphoning) Act 2005.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day after it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992

1 Subsection 115(1AA) Omit "1,008", substitute "2,016".

2 Effect of item 1

(1) The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to events: (a) specified in a notice under subsection 115(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 before the commencement of that item and still specified in the notice at that commencement; or (b) specified in a notice under subsection 115(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 at or after the commencement of that item.

(2) However, if the amendment made by item 1 would have the effect that an event is taken to have been removed from a notice before the commencement of that item, then, despite that amendment, the event is taken to have been removed from the notice only from the time immediately after the commencement of that item.

[Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 2 December 2004 Senate on 7 March 2005] (215/04)