Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999 (Cth)

Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999

No. 122, 1999

Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999

No. 122, 1999

An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes

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Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999

No. 122, 1999

An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, and for related purposes

[Assented to 13 October 1999]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Services Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Schedule(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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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—Broadcasting Services Act 1992

1

At the end of clause 61 of Schedule 4

Add:

1. (4)

   Despite subsection (1), the ABA may not make a determination under paragraph (1)(a) in relation to expenses incurred:

   1. (a)

      by it under the commercial television conversion scheme; and

   2. (b)

      during the period starting on the day on which this subsection commences and ending on 31 December 2001.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 30 June 1999

Senate on 25 August 1999