Quieter Advertising - Happier Homes Bill 2001
First Reading
1998-1999-2000-2001
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Quieter Advertising - Happier Homes Bill 2001
No. , 2001
(Ms M O'Byrne)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Contents
1 Short title 1
2 Commencement 1
3 Schedule 2
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the
Quieter Advertising - Happier Homes Act 2001.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
1 After section 125
Insert:
The ABA must, in writing determine program standards in relation to the loudness of television advertisements.
2 After paragraph 158(l)
Insert:
(la) to conduct or commission research into the loudness of television advertisements; and
(lb) to determine program standards in relation to the loudness of television advertisements; and
(lc) to monitor compliance with those standards; and
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