Broadcasting Services (Material of Local Significance - Regional Aggregated Commercial Television Broadcasting Licences) Direction 2013 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Broadcasting Services Act 1992

Broadcasting Services (Material of Local Significance – Regional Aggregated Commercial Television Broadcasting Licences) Direction 2013

I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Direction under subsection 171(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

Dated 26 June 2013

STEPHEN CONROY Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

1. Name of instrument

This Direction is the Broadcasting Services (Material of Local Significance – Regional Aggregated Commercial Television Broadcasting Licences) Direction 2013.

2. Commencement

This Direction commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3. Definitions 3.1 In this Determination:

Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;

ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;

additional regional area means an area corresponding to paragraph (b) of the definition of regional area material of local significance has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services (Additional Television Licence Condition) Notice 8 November 2007;

metropolitan licence area has the same meaning as in Schedule 4 to the Act;

regional area means an area corresponding to:

a) a licence area listed in subsection 43A(2) of the Act; or b) any other licence area that is not a metropolitan licence area.

3.2 Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase in this Direction has the same meaning as it has in the Act.

4. Direction – Investigation relating to Local Content on Regional Commercial Television 4.1 I direct the ACMA, under subsection 171(1) of the Act, to: