Norfolk Island Broadcasting Regulations 2002

No. 3, 2002

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date:  18 June 2015

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment Ordinance 2015
(No. 2, 2015)

Prepared Date: 14 September 2015

NORFOLK ISLAND BROADCASTING REGULATIONS 2002

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

 1. Short title

 2. Commencement

3.                   Interpretation

4.                   Prescribed manner and form of application

 Schedule 1

 Schedule 2

Norfolk Island Broadcasting Regulations 2002

Short title

 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Norfolk Island Broadcasting Regulations 2002.

Commencement

 2. These Regulations shall commence on the day on which notification of their being made is published in the Gazette.

Interpretation

 3. In these Regulations “the Act” means the Norfolk Island Broadcasting Act 2001.

Prescribed manner and form of application

 4. For the purposes of subsection 13(1) of the Act, an applicant for a licence shall apply for a licence as prescribed by Form 1 in Schedule 1.

Form of licence

 5. For the purpose of sections 10, 11 and 13 of the Norfolk Island Broadcasting Act 2001, the prescribed form of licence to be issued by the Minister is that in Form 2 of Schedule 1.

 Prescribed fee

 6. The fees prescribed for the purposes of section 13(4) of the Norfolk Island Broadcasting Act 2001 are set out in Schedule 2.

SCHEDULE 1

Form 1

Administration of Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island Broadcasting Act 2001

Licence Application Form

Regulation 4

TYPE OF LICENCE REQUIRED:

RADIO:

TELEVISION:

NAME OF APPLICANT:

RESIDENT STATUS OF APPLICANT:

ADDRESS OF APPLICANT OR THE APPLICANT’S COMPANY:

HAS THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY OPERATED A RADIO OR TV STATION IN NORFOLK ISLAND OR ELSEWHERE?

(give full details of the applicant’s role in operating the station, its location, the number of employees at the station, its target audience, the type of material broadcast)

TARGET AUDIENCE (e.g. under 20s/over 30s/50 plus, gender, ethnic background):

WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL WILL BE BROADCAST?

(attach an example of one month’s programming, which should include a summary of each program and their airtime)

WHERE WILL THE STATION OPERATE FROM?

PLEASE ADD ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU CONSIDER IS RELEVANT TO THIS APPLICATION:

Form 2

Administration of Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island Broadcasting Act 2001

Form of Licence

Regulation 5

I,

In accordance with the Norfolk Island Broadcasting Act 2001, issue a broadcasting licence as follows―

1. To .....................................................................................................[name of licensee]
2. For the purpose of ...........................................................[nature of approved broadcast]
3. Within the frequency range ..................................................[state broadcast frequency]
4. That it be conducted from premises at ..................................................................………………………………....
5. The licence is for a service to provide.......……...........................................

    [state nature of service and broad description of content]

6.      The term of the licence is ..................................................[state period – 3 years or less]

7.      The conditions attached to this licence are―

(a) in addition to the statutory conditions applicable to all licensees;

(b) that the broadcast signal be at a strength sufficient for reception only within the territorial boundaries of Norfolk Island and that it must not interfere with the reception of any radio or television signals from other sources;

(c) ........................................................................[add any special conditions]

 This licence takes effect upon payment of the prescribed fee.

Dated                          

.....................................................

[name and signature of Minister]

Fee paid

Finance Department

.................................

[Insert date and stamp]

Note: Breach of the conditions of a Broadcasting Licence may lead to the imposition of a penalty of up to 20 penalty units (section 13(6) of the Act), or suspension or cancellation of the licence (section 13(7) of the Act).

SCHEDULE 2

Fees

Regulation 6

 Item             Subject                  Number of Fee Units

 1.  For lodging an application for a

   Broadcasting Licence―

   (a) Radio

    (i) open    23

    (ii) limited    23

   (b) Television

    (i) open    23

    (ii) limited    23

 2.  Annual renewal fee for a Broadcasting

   Licence

   (a) Radio

    (i) open    23

    (ii) limited    23

   (b) Television

    (i) open    23

NOTES

The Norfolk Island Broadcasting Regulations 2002 as shown in this consolidation comprises Regulations No. 3 of 2002 and amendments as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Amendments