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           (e) primary commercial television broadcasting service;

           (e) program;

           (f) subscription television broadcasting service.

9 Australian/New Zealand program - definition
       A program is an Australian/New Zealand program if:

(a) it meets the requirements of section 10 (except that New Zealanders rather than Australians undertake one or more, but not all, of the specified creative roles); or
(b) it meets the requirements of section 11 (except that Australians rather than New Zealanders undertake one or more, but not all, of the specified creative roles).

10 Australian program - definition
      (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a program is an Australian program if it is produced under the creative control of Australians.
      (2) For subsection (1), a program is produced under the creative control of Australians if:
(a) the producer of the program is, or the producers of the program are, Australian (whether or not the program is produced in conjunction with a co‑producer, or an executive producer, who is not an Australian); and
(b) either:
(i) the director of the program is, or the directors of the program are, Australian; or
(ii) the writer of the program is, or the writers of the program are, Australian; and
(c) at least 50% of the leading actors, including voice actors, or on‑screen presenters appearing in the program are Australians; and
(d) in the case of a drama program — at least 75% of the major supporting cast appearing in the program are Australians; and
(e) the program is produced and post‑produced in Australia (whether or not it is filmed in Australia); and
(f) in the case of an animated program — the program satisfies at least 3 of the following requirements:
                     (i) the production designer is Australian;
                     (ii) the character designer is Australian;
                     (iii) the supervising layout artist is Australian;
                     (iv) the supervising storyboard artist is Australian;
                     (v) the key background artist is Australian.
(3) If a program includes segments that, if they were individual programs, would not comply with subsection (2), only a segment that, if it were an individual program, would comply with subsection (2) is taken to be an Australian program.
Examples:
A sketch comedy program including Australian skits or a documentary including Australian segments.
      (4) A documentary that complies with subsection (2) is not an Australian program if it is a reversioning of one or more existing documentaries that are not Australian programs, Australian official co‑productions, New Zealand programs or Australian/New Zealand programs.

11 New Zealand program - definition
      (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a program is a New Zealand program if it is produced under the creative control of New Zealanders.
(2) For subsection (1), a program is produced under the creative control of New