WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  IP/N/1/AUS/C/6 
3 July 2008 
 (08-3174) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
  
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER 
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
AUSTRALIA 
 
 
 The present document reproduces the text
1 of the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment 
Act 2007 - No. 28 2007, notified by Australia unde r Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document 
IP/N/1/AUS/3). 
 
 Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
  
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA 
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
 
AUSTRALIE 
   Le présent document contient le texte
1 de la Loi de 2007 portant modification de la Loi sur 
l'audiovisuel - n° 28 2007, notifié par l'Australie au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document 
IP/N/1/AUS/3). 
 
 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  
 
 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA 
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD 
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
 
AUSTRALIA 
  
 En el presente documento se reproduce el texto
1 de la Ley de modificación de la legislación 
sobre radiodifusión de 2007 - Nº 28, 2007, notificado por Australia en virtud de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/AUS/3). 
 
                                                     
 
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. IP/N/1/AUS/C/6 
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Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007 
 
No. 28, 2007 
 
  
 
 
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , and for 
related purposes 
   
   
 
              
Note: An electronic version of this Act is av ailable in ComLaw (http://www.comlaw.gov.au/)  IP/N/1/AUS/C/6 
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  Contents 
1 Short title  
2 Commencement  
3 Schedule(s)  
 
Schedule 1—Amendments 
 
Broadcasting Services Act 1992  
Copyright Act 1968  
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Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007 
No. 28, 2007 
  
 
An Act to amend the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 , and for 
related purposes 
[Assented to 15 March 2007 ] 
The Parliament of Australia enacts: 
1  Short title 
  This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Act 2007 . 
2  Commencement 
  This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 
3  Schedule(s) 
  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in 
the applicable items in the Schedule concerne d, and any other item in a Schedule to this 
Act has effect according to its terms.  IP/N/1/AUS/C/6 
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Schedule 1—Amendments 
   
Broadcasting Services Act 1992  
1  At the end of subsection 212(1) 
Add: 
 ; or (c) re-transmit programs that are transmitted by a service that does no more than 
transmit program material supplied by  National Indigenous TV Limited. 
2  At the end of subsection 212(3) 
Add: 
 ; or (e) a re-transmission of program mate rial mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) by the 
licensee who transmitted the program material. 
Copyright Act 1968  
3  Subsection 10(1)  (definition of free-to-air broadcast ) 
Repeal the definition, substitute: 
free-to-air broadcast  means: 
 (a) a broadcast delivered by a national broadcasting service, commercial broadcasting 
service or community broadcasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting 
Services Act 1992 ; or 
 (b) a broadcast delivered by a broad casting service within the meaning of the 
Broadcasting Services Act 1992  that does no more than transmit program material 
supplied by National I ndigenous TV Limited. 
4  Section 135C 
Before “This”, insert “(1)”. 
5  At the end of section 135C 
Add: 
 (2) The reference to free-to-air broadcast in subsection (1) does not include a reference to a 
broadcast within the meaning of pa ragraph (b) of th e definition of free-to-air broadcast  
in subsection 10(1). 
 
 
[Minister’s second reading speech made in— 
House of Representatives on 15 February 2007 
Senate on 1 March 2007 ] 
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