Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 130ZC

Scope

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  the ACMA is satisfied that a body or association represents commercial television broadcasting licensees; and

                     (b)  that body or association develops a conditional access scheme (the new scheme ) for the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C; and

                     (c)  the body or association gives a copy of the new scheme to the ACMA; and

                     (d)  any of the following subparagraphs applies:

                              (i)  the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA within 45 days after the first or only occasion on which a licence for the licence area is allocated under section 38C;

                             (ii)  the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA in response to an invitation under section 130ZCAA;

                            (iii)  the new scheme is expressed to replace another conditional access scheme registered under this section or section 130ZCA; and

                   (da)  the ACMA is satisfied that:

                              (i)  if the scheme is for the South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area or the Northern Australia TV3 licence area--the scheme complies with section 130ZB; or

                             (ii)  if the scheme is for the Western Australia TV3 licence area--the scheme complies with section 130ZBB; and

                     (e)  the ACMA is satisfied that the new scheme is consistent with the principle that a person in the licence area should have adequate reception of:

                              (i)  all of the applicable terrestrial digital commercial television broadcasting services; or

                             (ii)  all of the commercial television broadcasting services that the section 38C licensee is required to provide under clauses 7B and 7C of Schedule 2.

Registration

             (2)  The ACMA must:

                     (a)  register the new scheme by including it in the register under section 130ZE; and

                     (b)  do so within 35 days after the copy of the new scheme is given to the ACMA.