Broadcasting and Television Act (No. 2) 1965 (Cth)

Broadcasting and Television (No. 2)

No. 120 of 1965

An Act to amend section 92c of the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1964, as amended by the Broadcasting and Television Act 1965.

[Assented to 18 December, 1965]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting and Television Act (No. 2) 1965.

(2.) The Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1964, as amended by the Broadcasting and Television Act 1965, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section 1 of the Broadcasting and Television Act 1965 is amended by omitting sub-section (3.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1965.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

 

Directors.

3. Section 92c of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “that person, or a nominee of that person,” and inserting in their stead the words “that person or a person designated by that person for the purposes of this sub-section or, if that person is a company, that company, a person so designated by that company or a director of that company”; and

(b) by omitting sub-section (3.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section:—

“(3.) The designation of a person for the purposes of the last preceding sub-section—

(a) shall be effected by delivering notice in writing of the designation to the Minister;

(b) may be revoked by delivering notice in writing of revocation of the designation to the Minister; and

(c