Commonwealth: Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (Cth)

Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 28, 2007 An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Broadcasting Services Act 1992 Copyright Act 1968 Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No. 28, 2007 An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes [Assented to 15 March 2007] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007. 2 Commencement This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendments Broadcasting Services Act 1992 1 At the end of subsection 212(1) Add: ; or (c) re‑transmit programs that are transmitted by a service that does no more than transmit program material supplied by National Indigenous TV Limited. 2 At the end of subsection 212(3) Add: ; or (e) a re‑transmission of program material mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) by the licensee who transmitted the program material. Copyright Act 1968 3 Subsection 10(1) (definition of free‑to‑air broadcast) Repeal the definition, substitute: free‑to‑air broadcast means: (a) a broadcast delivered by a national broadcasting service, commercial broadcasting service or community broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992; or (b) a broadcast delivered by a broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 that does no more than transmit program material supplied by National Indigenous TV Limited. 4 Section 135C Before "This", insert "(1)". 5 At the end of section 135C Add: (2) The reference to free‑to‑air broadcast in subsection (1) does not include a reference to a broadcast within the meaning of paragraph (b) of the definition of free‑to‑air broadcast in subsection 10(1). [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 15 February 2007 Senate on 1 March 2007] (16/07)