Australian Communications and Media Authority (Commercial Radio Broadcasting Services) Direction (No. 1) 2007 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY (COMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES) DIRECTION (NO. 1) 2007

I, HELEN LLOYD COONAN, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts make the following Direction under section 14 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

Dated 28 February 2007.

HELEN LLOYD COONAN Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts _________________________________________________________________

1 Name of Direction

This Direction is the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Commercial Radio Broadcasting Services) Direction No. 1 of 2007.

2 Commencement

This Direction commences on the day Schedule 2 of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Act 2006 commences.

3 Definitions

In this Direction:

Act means the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Media Ownership) Act 2006;

ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;

ACMA Act means the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005;

BSA means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;

LAP means licence area plan made under subsection 26(1) of the BSA;

regional commercial radio broadcasting licence has the same meaning as in Division 5C of Part 5 of the Act; and

regional commercial radio broadcasting licensee means the licensee of a regional commercial radio broadcasting licence.

4 Revocation

I revoke the Australian Broadcasting Authority (Revisiting Radio LAPs) Direction No. 1 of 2003.

5 Direction –ACMA to consider whether to exercise its power to vary a LAP

I direct ACMA under section 14 of the ACMA Act to consider whether to exercise its power in section 26(2) of the BSA to vary the relevant LAP so as to include one or more additional commercial radio broadcasting licences in the following circumstances: