Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:43ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 43AB
Character Range: 160851–162998

43AB  Commercial television programs to be provided to section 38C licensees by metropolitan commercial television broadcasting licensees

Programs to be provided by metropolitan licensees
 (1) A commercial television broadcasting licence for a metropolitan licence area is subject to the condition that, if:
 (a) the licensee (the metropolitan licensee) broadcasts a program in a metropolitan licence area on either of the following services (a metropolitan service):
 (i) a HDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service;
 (ii) a SDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service; and
 (b) before the program is broadcast, a section 38C licensee requests the metropolitan licensee to provide the section 38C licensee with the programs broadcast on the metropolitan service;
the metropolitan licensee must:
 (c) provide the program to the section 38C licensee for broadcast by the section 38C licensee; and
 (d) do so:
 (i) simultaneously with the broadcast of that program on the metropolitan service; or
 (ii) as soon as practicable after the broadcast of that program on the metropolitan service.

HDTV digital mode or SDTV digital mode
 (2) A program must be provided under subsection (1) by transmitting it:
 (a) if subparagraph (1)(a)(i) applies—in HDTV digital mode (within the meaning of Schedule 4); or
 (b) if subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) applies—in SDTV digital mode (within the meaning of Schedule 4).

Definitions
 (4) In this section:
HDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.
metropolitan licence area means a licence area in which is situated the General Post Office of the capital city of:
 (a) New South Wales; or
 (b) Victoria; or
 (c) Queensland; or
 (d) Western Australia; or
 (e) South Australia;
but does not include the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C.
SDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service has the same meaning as in Schedule 4.
section 38C licensee means the licensee of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C.