Approval of Form of Record

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992

APPROVAL OF FORM OF RECORD

For the purposes of subclause 5(2) of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, the ACMA approves the following form of records to be made of matter relating to a political subject or current affairs, being matter that is in the form of news, an address, a statement, a commentary or a discussion:

1. in relation to a matter broadcast on radio – the broadcaster must cause the record to be made in the form of a digital record of the sounds of the actual broadcast; and
2. in relation to a matter broadcast on television – the broadcaster must cause the record to be made in the form of a digital record of the images and sounds of the actual broadcast.

The digital record must be in such form that:

(a)   a copy may be made available to the ACMA as either:

1. an attachment to an email;
2. on a portable storage device;
3. on an external hard drive, or
4. by a secure file transfer application; and

(b)   any audio or visual components of the record are audible or viewable (as the case may be).

_____[signed]______________

Signature of Executive Manager

_____Rochelle Zurnamer_____

Name (Please Print)                       

Dated this _20th____ day of __December_ 2019.