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Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007
No. 28, 2007
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s)
Schedule 1—Amendments Broadcasting Services Act 1992 Copyright Act 1968
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007
No. 28, 2007
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes
[Assented to 15 March 2007]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which 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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendments
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
1 At the end of subsection 212(1) Add: ; or (c) re‑transmit programs that are transmitted by a service that does no more than transmit program material supplied by National Indigenous TV Limited.
2 At the end of subsection 212(3) Add: ; or (e) a re‑transmission of program material mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) by the licensee who transmitted the program material.
Copyright Act 1968
3 Subsection 10(1) (definition of free‑to‑air broadcast) Repeal the definition, substitute:
free‑to‑air broadcast means: (a) a broadcast delivered by a national broadcasting service, commercial broadcasting service or community broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992; or (b) a broadcast delivered by a broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 that does no more than transmit program material supplied by National Indigenous TV Limited.
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