Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments to be moved to this bill. The memorandum was circulated in the chamber on 16 June 2010. I seek leave to move government amendments (1) to (11), (13) to (54), (57), (60) to (70) and (72) to (78) together and I indicate that I will not be moving amendments (58), (59) and (79).

Leave granted.

I move government amendments (1) to (11), (13) to (54), (57), (60) to (70) and (72) to (78) on sheet BT230:

(1)    Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:

3.  Schedule 2

The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2)    Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (lines 12 and 13), omit “complies with section 130ZB”, substitute “sets out rules relating to access to services provided under a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C”.

(3)    Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 29), after item 4, insert:

4A  Subsection 6(1)

Insert:

final digital television switch-over day has the meaning given by section 8AE.

(4)    Schedule 1, item 7, page 4 (lines 14 to 18), omit the item, substitute:

7  Subsection 6(1)

Insert:

scheme administrator has the meaning given by subsection 130ZB(8).

(5)    Schedule 1, page 4 (before line 19), before item 8, insert:

7A  After section 8AD

Insert:

        (1)    For the purposes of this Act, the final digital television switch-over day is the last switch-over day.

        (2)    For the purposes of subsection (1), the last day of a simulcast period is a switch-over day.

        (3)    In this section:

simulcast period has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.

(6)    Schedule 1, item 28, page 14 (lines 4 to 6), omit subsection 41B(1A) (including the note), substitute:

     (1A)    Subsection (1) does not apply, after the commencement of section 38C, to:

             (a)    an eligible parent licence; or

             (b)    an eligible section 38A licence.

Note 1:  For eligible parent licence, see subsection (2E).

Note 2:  For eligible section 38A licence, see subsection (2E).

(7)    Schedule 1, item 29, page 14 (after line 12), after paragraph 41B(2A)(a), insert:

           (aa)    an eligible section 38A licence; or

(8)    Schedule 1, item 29, page 14 (after line 14), after note 1, insert:

Note 1A:              For eligible section 38A licence, see subsection (2E).

(9)    Schedule 1, item 29, page 15 (after line 26), after subsection 41B(2C), insert:

Eligible section 38A licences in force immediately before 1 January 2009

  (2CA)    If:

             (a)    an eligible section 38A licence for a licence area was in force immediately before 1 January 2009; and

             (b)    the eligible section 38A licence authorised the licensee to provide the following 3 services in the licence area:

                   (i)    the core commercial television broadcasting service;

                  (ii)    a HDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service;

                 (iii)    a SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service;

the eligible section 38A licence is taken to authorise the licensee to provide the following services in the licence area:

             (c)    the core commercial television broadcasting service;

             (d)    either:

                   (i)    a HDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service and a SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service; or

                  (ii)    2 SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting services;

during the simulcast period, or the simulcast-equivalent period, as the case may be, for the licence area.

Note:   For eligible section 38A licence, see subsection (2E).

Eligible section 38A licences allocated on or after 1 January 2009

   (2CB)    If an eligible section 38A licence for a licence area is allocated on or after 1 January 2009 but before the end of whichever of the following periods is applicable:

             (a)    the simulcast period for the licence area;

             (b)    the simulcast-equivalent period for the licence area;

the eligible section 38A licence is taken to authorise the licensee to provide:

             (c)    the following services in the licence area:

                   (i)    a HDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting service;

                  (ii)    2 SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting services; or

             (d)    3 SDTV multi-channelled commercial television broadcasting services in the licence area;

during the simulcast period, or the simulcast-equivalent period, as the case may be, for the licence area.

Note:   For eligible section 38A licence, see subsection (2E).

(10)  Schedule 1, item 29, page 16 (lines 8 to 24), omit subsection 41B(2E), substitute:

Eligible parent licence, eligible section 38A licence and eligible section 38B licence

      (2E)    For the purposes of this section, if:

             (a)    a person (the original licensee) is or was the licensee of a commercial television broadcasting licence (other than a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38A or subsection 38B(6), (7), (8) or (9)); and

             (b)    the original licensee is or was allocated an additional commercial television broadcasting licence under section 38A; and

             (c)    after the commencement of section 38C, the original licensee is allocated an additional commercial television broadcasting licence under subsection 38B(6), (7), (8) or (9); and

             (d)    at a particular time, the licences mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) are held by the same person (whether or not that person is the original licensee);

then, at that time:

             (e)    the licence mentioned in paragraph (a) is an eligible parent licence; and

              (f)    the licence mentioned in paragraph (b) is an eligible section 38A licence; and

             (g)    the licence mentioned in paragraph (c) is an eligible section 38B licence.

(11)  Schedule 1, item 32, page 18 (line 37), omit “43A(3A) or”.

(13)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 22 (line 12), omit “and information”.

(14)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 22 (lines 17 and 18), omit “, or a local information program,”.

(15)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 22 (after line 18), after paragraph 43AA(1)(a), insert:

           (aa)    the licensee has not previously broadcast the program in the licence area; and

(16)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 22 (lines 23 and 24), omit “, or the local information program, as the case may be,”.

(17)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 23 (lines 3 to 7), omit subsection 43AA(3), substitute:

        (3)    If:

             (a)    apart from this subsection, a commercial television broadcasting licensee for a regional licence area (the regional licensee) is required by subsection (1) to provide a program to the licensee of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C; and

             (b)    the regional licensee believes, on reasonable grounds, that the broadcasting of a part of the program in any jurisdiction in the licence area of the section 38C licence could result in the section 38C licensee:

                   (i)    committing an offence; or

                  (ii)    becoming liable to a civil penalty; or

                 (iii)    breaching an order or direction of a court; or

                 (iv)    being in contempt of court;

subsection (1) has effect as if the program did not include that part of the program.

     (3A)    If:

             (a)    apart from this subsection, a commercial television broadcasting licensee for a regional licence area (the regional licensee) is required by subsection (1) to provide a program to the licensee of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C; and

             (b)    the regional licensee believes, on reasonable grounds, that the broadcasting of the program in any jurisdiction in the licence area of the section 38C licence could result in the section 38C licensee:

                   (i)    committing an offence; or

                  (ii)    becoming liable to a civil penalty; or

                 (iii)    breaching an order or direction of a court; or

                 (iv)    being in contempt of court;

subsection (1) does not apply to the program.

      (3B)    A commercial television broadcasting licence for a regional licence area is subject to the condition that, if:

             (a)    the licensee broadcasts a local news program in the licence area on 2 or more occasions; and

             (b)    the licence area is wholly or partly included in the licence area of a licence allocated under section 38C;

the licensee of the regional commercial television broadcasting licence will take reasonable steps to ensure that the licensee of the regional commercial television broadcasting licence does not, on more than one occasion, provide the program to the section 38C licensee for broadcast by the section 38C licensee.

(18)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 23 (lines 8 to 11), omit subsections 43AA(4) and (5).

(19)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 23 (before line 15), before the definition of metropolitan licence area in subsection 43AA(7), insert:

local news program means:

             (a)    a program that consists solely of local news and/or local weather information; or

             (b)    a program:

                   (i)    that consists primarily of local news and/or local weather information; and

                  (ii)    the remainder of which consists of other news and/or other weather information;

but does not include:

             (c)    a short segment, or a headline update, that is broadcast for the sole or primary purpose of promoting another program; or

             (d)    a short segment, or a headline update, that repeats news content that has previously been broadcast by the licensee concerned.

(20)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 23 (lines 24 and 25), omit the definition of regional aggregated commercial television broadcasting licence in subsection 43AA(7).

(21)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 27 (line 13), omit paragraph 43AD(1)(a).

(22)  Schedule 1, item 41, page 27 (line 17), omit “or material”.

(23)  Schedule 1, item 50, page 29 (line 1), omit “subsection 43A(3A),”.

(24)  Schedule 1, items 57 to 61, page 29 (line 27) to page 30 (line 33), omit the items, substitute:

57  Subsections 122(7) and (8)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

        (7)    Standards under subsection (1) do not apply to a commercial television broadcasting service provided by a commercial television broadcasting licensee before the end of the final digital television switch-over day, unless that service is the core/primary commercial television broadcasting service provided by the licensee.

58  Subsection 122(9)

Omit “section 36 or”.

59  Subsection 122(10)

Repeal the subsection.

(25)  Schedule 1, page 31 (before line 1), before item 62, insert:

61A  After section 123A

Insert:

Scope

        (1)    This section applies if:

             (a)    a code of practice (the original code) is registered under section 123; and

             (b)    the code applies to the broadcasting operations of commercial television broadcasting licensees.

Review of original code

        (2)    The ACMA may conduct a review of whether the original code is appropriate in its application to the broadcasting operations of licensees of commercial television broadcasting licences allocated under section 38C.

Request for development of replacement code

        (3)    If the ACMA:

             (a)    conducts a review of the original code under subsection (2); and

             (b)    considers that the original code is not appropriate in its application to the broadcasting operations of licensees of commercial television broadcasting licences allocated under section 38C;

the ACMA may, by written notice given to the industry group that developed the original code:

             (c)    request the industry group to:

                   (i)    develop another code of practice (the replacement code) that is expressed to replace the original code; and

                  (ii)    give a copy of the replacement code to the ACMA within the period specified in the notice; and

             (d)    specify particular matters that, in the ACMA’s opinion, should be addressed in the replacement code.

(26)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (line 6), omit “either or both”, substitute “any or all”.

(27)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (line 11), omit “satellite.”, substitute “satellite;”.

(28)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (after line 11), at the end of subsection 130BB(1), add:

             (c)    community television broadcasting services provided with the use of a satellite;

             (d)    open narrowcasting television services provided with the use of a satellite.

(29)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (line 16), omit “either or both”, substitute “any or all”.

(30)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (line 21), omit “and”.

(31)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (after line 21), at the end of paragraph 130BB(2)(c), add:

                 (iii)    community television broadcasting services provided with the use of a satellite;

                 (iv)    open narrowcasting television services provided with the use of a satellite; and

(32)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (line 27), omit “either or both”, substitute “any or all”.

(33)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (line 32), omit “and”.

(34)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 32 (after line 32), at the end of paragraph 130BB(3)(a), add:

                 (iii)    community television broadcasting services provided with the use of a satellite;

                 (iv)    open narrowcasting television services provided with the use of a satellite; and

(35)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 33 (line 9), omit “either or both”, substitute “any or all”.

(36)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 33 (after line 14), after paragraph 130BB(6)(b), insert:

           (ba)    community television broadcasting services provided with the use of a satellite;

           (bb)    open narrowcasting television services provided with the use of a satellite;

(37)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 33 (after line 17), after subsection 130BB(6), insert:

Ministerial direction

     (6A)    The Minister may, by legislative instrument, direct the ACMA about the exercise of its powers to:

             (a)    determine technical standards under subsection (1); or

             (b)    vary technical standards determined under subsection (1).

      (6B)    The ACMA must comply with a direction under subsection (6A).

(38)  Schedule 1, item 63, page 33 (before line 25), before the definition of digital mode in subsection 130BB(8), insert:

community television broadcasting service means a community broadcasting service that provides television programs.

(39)  Schedule 1, item 64, page 34 (lines 27 and 28), omit “must be”, substitute “complies with this section if the scheme is”.

(40)  Schedule 1, item 64, page 36 (line 19), omit “14 days”, substitute “15 business days”.

(41)  Schedule 1, item 64, page 38 (lines 18 to 25), omit paragraph 130ZC(1)(d), substitute:

             (d)    any of the following subparagraphs applies:

                   (i)    the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA within 45 days after the first or only occasion on which a licence for the licence area is allocated under section 38C;

                  (ii)    the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA in response to an invitation under section 130ZCAA;

                 (iii)    the new scheme is expressed to replace another conditional access scheme registered under this section; and

           (da)    the ACMA is satisfied that the new scheme complies with section 130ZB; and

(42)  Schedule 1, item 64, page 39 (line 5), omit “28”, substitute “35”.

(43)  Schedule 1, item 64, page 39 (after line 6), after section 130ZC, insert:

Scope

        (1)    This section applies if:

             (a)    the ACMA is satisfied that a body or association represents commercial television broadcasting licensees; and

             (b)    that body or association develops a conditional access scheme (the new scheme) for the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C; and

             (c)    the body or association gives a copy of the new scheme to the ACMA; and

             (d)    the body or association gives the copy of the new scheme to the ACMA within 45 days after the first or only occasion on which a licence for the licence area is allocated under section 38C;

and either:

             (e)    the ACMA is not satisfied that the new scheme complies with section 130ZB; or

              (f)    the ACMA is not satisfied that the new scheme is consistent with the principle that a person in the licence area should have adequate reception of:

                   (i)    all of the applicable terrestrial digital commercial television broadcasting services; or

                  (ii)    all of the commercial television broadcasting services that the section 38C licensee is required to provide under clauses 7B and 7C of Schedule 2.

Invitation

        (2)    The ACMA must:

             (a)    by written notice given to the body or association, invite the body or association to:

                   (i)    develop a revised conditional access scheme for the licence area; and

                  (ii)    give a copy of the revised scheme to the ACMA within 30 days after the invitation is given; and

             (b)    do so within 60 days after the copy of the new scheme is given to the ACMA.

(44)  Schedule 1, item 64, page 39 (before line 7), before section 130ZCA, insert:

Scope

        (1)    This section applies if:

             (a)    a conditional access scheme for a licence area is registered under section 130ZC; and

             (b)    the ACMA is satisfied that the scheme is not achieving one or more of the objectives set out in section 130ZB.

Request

        (2)    The ACMA may, by written notice given to the body or association that developed the scheme:

             (a)    request the body or association to:

                   (i)    develop another conditional access scheme (the replacement scheme) that is expressed to replace the scheme registered under section 130ZC; and

                  (ii)    give a copy of the replacement scheme to the ACMA within the period specified in the notice; and

             (b)    specify particular matters that, in the ACMA’s opinion, should be addressed in the replacement scheme.

        (3)    The period specified in a notice under subsection (2):

             (a)  

Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Could I have clarification from the government in relation to amendment (1). Doesn’t that also relate to the restack and shouldn’t it also be withdrawn?

Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Cormann, you are absolutely right. I missed that one on my list. We also seek to withdraw amendment (1).

Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that government amendments (2) to (11), (13) to (54), (57), (60) to (70) and (72) to (78) be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

The Temporary Chairman:

The government opposes schedule 1 in the following terms:

(12)  Schedule 1, items 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40, page 21 (line 9) to page 22 (line 9), to be opposed.

(55)  Schedule 1, item 94, page 66 (lines 18 to 32), to be opposed.

(56)  Schedule 1, item 96, page 67 (lines 5 to 19), to be opposed.

(71)  Schedule 1, item 113, page 71 (lines 23 to 27), to be opposed.

The question is that schedule 1, items 36 to 40, 94, 96 and 113, stand as printed.

Question negatived.

Bill, as amended, agreed to.

Bill reported with amendments; report adopted.