Commonwealth of Australia
AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Publication under paragraph 43(2)(c) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
PUBLICATION OF DRAFT BROADCASTING SERVICES (REGIONAL COMMERCIAL RADIO – LOCAL PRESENCE) LICENCE CONDITION VARIATION 2022 (NO. 1)
The draft Broadcasting Services (Regional Commercial Radio – Local Presence) Licence Condition Variation 2022 (No. 1) (the draft variation) in Appendix A to this Gazette is published under paragraph 43(2)(c) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the Act).
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (the ACMA) proposes to make the draft variation under subsection 43(1) of the Act. The draft variation proposes to vary to the Broadcasting Services (Regional Commercial Radio – Local Presence) Licence Condition 2014 (the licence condition).
The draft variation proposes to make minor and machinery changes as to the form and timing of the procedural requirements for licensees to submit a local presence report under subsection 8(1) of the licence condition. The draft variation has been designed to clarify the operation of subsection 8(1) of the licence condition as a consequence of the variations to paragraph 61CF(1)(b) of the Act under the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Regional Commercial Radio and Other Measures) Act 2020.
The ACMA is seeking representations about the draft variation. Interested persons are invited to make representations about the proposed variation no later than 5pm AEDT Monday 14 February 2022. Representations should be in writing and addressed to:
The Manager
Diversity, Localism and Accessibility Section
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Email: localcontentradio@acma.gov.au
Broadcasting Services (Regional Commercial Radio – Local Presence) Licence Condition Variation 2022 (No. 1)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following licence condition variation under subsection 43(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated:
Member
Member/General Manager
Australian Communications and Media Authority
1 Name
This is the Broadcasting Services (Regional Commercial Radio – Local Presence) Licence Condition Variation 2022 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 43(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
4 Amendment
The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in that Schedule.
Schedule 1—Amendment
Broadcasting Services (Regional Commercial Radio – Local Presence) Licence Condition 2014 (F2014L01264)
1 Subsection 8(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
Reporting after a trigger event
(1) A licensee must, within 3 months after the day on which a trigger event for the licence occurs, give the ACMA a report in writing on the existing level of local presence in relation to the licence.