COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Broadcasting Services Act 1992

Acts Interpretation Act 1901

Broadcasting (Hours of Local Content) Declaration No. 1 of 2007 (Amendment No. 1 of 2007)

I, HELEN LLOYD COONAN, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, acting under paragraph 43C(3)(c) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, vary the Broadcasting (Hours of Local Content) Declaration No. 1 of 2007 as follows.

Dated 17 September 2007

HELEN COONAN

1.         Name of Declaration

This Declaration is the Broadcasting (Hours of Local Content) Declaration No. 1 of 2007 (Amendment No. 1 of 2007).

2.         Commencement

This Declaration commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. 

3.         Definitions

In this Declaration:

ACMA means Australian Communications and Media Authority

Principal Declaration means the Broadcasting (Hours of Local Content) Declaration No. 1 of 2007

4.         Amendments

Schedule 1 amends the Principal Declaration

SCHEDULE 1

1.         Item 3 of the Principal Declaration - definition of “racing service licence”

Omit “80%” and replace with “60%”.

2.         Item 4 of the Principal Declaration

Substitute

“For a licence that is a remote area service licence or a racing service licence, the applicable number is 5 minutes.

For a licence that is a section 40 licence or small licence, the applicable number is 30 minutes.

For any other regional commercial radio licence, the applicable number is 3 hours.”