Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 211AA

Nomination of place

             (1)  The licensee of a commercial television broadcasting licence for:

                     (a)  the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV1 licence area; or

                     (b)  the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 licence area;

may, by written notice given to the ACMA, nominate a specified place in the licence area for the purposes of the licence.

             (2)  The nomination must be expressed to be a nomination under subsection (1).

Withdrawal of nomination

             (3)  If a nomination is in force under subsection (1), the licensee may, by written notice given to the ACMA, withdraw the nomination.

             (4)  The withdrawal of a nomination does not prevent the licensee from making a fresh nomination under subsection (1).

Time when a program is broadcast

             (5)  If a nomination of a place is in force under subsection (1) for the purposes of a commercial television broadcasting licence, then:

                     (a)  this Act; and

                     (b)  any program standards; and

                     (c)  any other instrument under this Act; and

                     (d)  any codes of practice registered under section 123;

have effect, in relation to any programs broadcast on a commercial television broadcasting service provided under the licence, as if those programs had been broadcast in all parts of the licence area at the time that is legal time in the nominated place.