TELEVISION LICENCE FEES AMEND BILL 1997

Television Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997

No. 141, 1997

An Act to amend the Television Licence Fees Act 1964

Assented to 8 October 1997

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Television Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997.

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Amendment of the Television Licence Fees Act 1964

1 Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

ABA means the Australian Broadcasting Authority established by the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

2 Subsection 4(1) (definition of gross earnings)

Omit “pursuant to”, substitute “by the service provided under”.

3 Subsection 4(1) (definition of licence)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

licence means:

(a) a commercial television broadcasting licence referred to in paragraph 5(1)(b) or (e) of the Transitional Provisions Act; or

(b) a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated or renewed, whether before, on or after the commencement of this definition, under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

4 Section 5

Omit “his”, substitute “the”.

5 Subsection 6(1)

Repeal the subsection.

6 Paragraph 6(3)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(b) had, before the day on which the Television Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997 received the Royal Assent, in accordance with subsection 123(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1942 as applied by section 22 of the Transitional Provisions Act; or

(c) has, on or after the day on which the Television Licence Fees Amendment Act 1997 received the Royal Assent, in accordance with subsection 205B(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;

7 Section 7

Omit “Minister” (wherever occurring), substitute “ABA”.

Minister’s second reading speech made in

House of Representatives on 19 March 1997

Senate on 15 May 1997

(31/97)