Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 61AE

             (1)  For the purposes of this Division, a commercial television broadcasting service passes the shared content test at a particular time in relation to another commercial television broadcasting service if:

                     (a)  the program content of at least 50% of the total number of hours of programs broadcast by the first-mentioned service during daytime/evening hours during the 6-month period ending at that time;

were the same as:

                     (b)  the program content of at least 50% of the total number of hours of programs broadcast by the other service during daytime/evening hours during the 6-month period ending at that time.

             (2)  For the purposes of subsection (1), ignore the following:

                     (a)  advertising or sponsorship material (whether or not of a commercial kind);

                     (b)  a promotion for a television program or a television broadcasting service;

                     (c)  community information material or community promotional material;

                     (d)  a news break or weather bulletin;

                     (e)  any other similar material.

             (3)  For the purposes of subsection (1), ignore any material covered by paragraph 6(8)(b), (c) or (d) of Schedule 4.