Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:130zcaa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130ZCAA
Character Range: 567777–569606

130ZCAA  ACMA may invite representative body or association to develop a revised conditional access scheme

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