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BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 140A

Civil penalty provisions relating to breach of conditions of licences and class licences

             (1)  A commercial television broadcasting licensee must not breach a condition of the licence set out in subclause 7(1) of Schedule 2.

             (2)  A subscription television broadcasting licensee must not breach a condition of a subscription television broadcasting licence set out in:

                     (a)  section 103P, 103Q, 103S, 103T, 103V, 103W, 103Y or 103Z; or

                     (b)  subclause 10(1) of Schedule 2.

             (3)  A commercial radio broadcasting licensee must not breach a condition of the licence set out in subclause 8(1) of Schedule 2.

             (4)  A community broadcasting licensee (other than a temporary community broadcasting licensee) must not breach a condition of the licence set out in subclause 9(1) of Schedule 2.

             (5)  A temporary community broadcasting licensee must not breach a condition of the licence set out in subclause 9(1) (other than paragraph 9(1)(h)) of Schedule 2.

             (6)  A person who provides a subscription radio broadcasting service, a subscription narrowcasting service or an open narrowcasting service must not breach a condition set out in subclause 11(1) of Schedule 2.

Civil penalty

             (7)  Subsections (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) are civil penalty provisions.

Continuing breaches

             (8)  A person who contravenes a provision of this section commits a separate contravention of that provision in respect of each day (including a day of the making of a relevant civil penalty order or any subsequent day) during which the contravention continues.



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