Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:130zc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130ZC
Character Range: 565861–567777

130ZC  Registration of conditional access scheme developed by representative body or association

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) 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 or section 130ZCA; and
 (da) the ACMA is satisfied that:
 (i) if the scheme is for the South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area or the Northern Australia TV3 licence area—the scheme complies with section 130ZB; or
 (ii) if the scheme is for the Western Australia TV3 licence area—the scheme complies with section 130ZBB; and
 (e) the ACMA is 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.

Registration
 (2) The ACMA must:
 (a) register the new scheme by including it in the register under section 130ZE; and
 (b) do so within 35 days after the copy of the new scheme is given to the ACMA.