22nd Jun 2021, 11:03 PM – Senate Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Community TV

The majority voted against opposition amendments 1334, which means they failed.

Amendment text

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit "5", substitute "6".

(2) Page 14 (after line 7), at the end of the Bill, add:

Schedule 6 — Community television

Part 1 — Amendments

Radiocommunications Act 1992

1 Subsection 103(2)

After "Subject to", insert "subsection (3A) and".

2 After subsection 103(3)

Insert:

(3A) Despite subsections (2) and (3), an apparatus licence issued under section 100 with the licence number 1171866 does not have effect after the later of the following dates:

(a) 30 June 2024;

(b) the date the spectrum used by the apparatus licence is refarmed or allocated for the implementation of new broadcasting technologies—whichever is the earliest;

(c) the date specified in a written determination by the Minister.

3 Paragraph 103(4A)(c)

Omit the paragraph, substitute:

(c) does not have effect after the later of the following dates, if the related licence is a CTV licence within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992:

(i) 30 June 2024;

(ii) the date the spectrum used by the CTV licence is refarmed or allocated for the implementation of new broadcasting technologies—whichever is the earliest;

(iii) the date specified in a written determination by the Minister.

4 Subsection 103(4B)

Omit "subparagraph (4A)(c)(ii)", substitute "paragraph (3A)(c) or subparagraph (4A)(c)(iii)".

5 Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to licences regardless of when the licences were issued.

Part 2 — Repeals

Australian Communications and Media Authority (Community Television) Direction 2020

6 The whole of the instrument

Repeal the instrument.