Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:212a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 212A (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 825690–828439

212A  Self‑help providers
 (1) For the purposes of the application of section 212 to a particular re‑transmission of programs, a self‑help provider is:
 (a) one of the following that provides the re‑transmission for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining or improving reception in a small community:
 (i) an entity that is registered under the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission Act 2012;
 (ii) a not‑for‑profit entity that is not an ACNC type of entity; or
 (b) a local government body which provides the re‑transmission for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining or improving reception in a community located in the area served by the body; or
 (c) a company which operates a mine and/or related infrastructure at an isolated location and which provides the re‑transmission for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining or improving reception in a community:
 (i) that is located in the vicinity of the mine or infrastructure, as the case may be; and
 (ii) that accommodates the whole or a part of the workforce for the mine or infrastructure, as the case may be; or
 (d) a company which operates a petroleum, oil or gas installation and/or related infrastructure at an isolated location and which provides the re‑transmission for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining or improving reception in a community:
 (i) that is located in the vicinity of the installation or infrastructure, as the case may be; and
 (ii) that accommodates the whole or a part of the workforce for the installation or infrastructure, as the case may be; or
 (e) a person who provides the re‑transmission within a building or structure for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining or improving reception for persons in the building or structure, as the case may be; or
 (f) a person who provides the re‑transmission within one or more places that are all in the same area (within the meaning of section 36 of the Telecommunications Act 1997) for the sole or principal purpose of obtaining or improving reception for persons in those places; or
 (g) a person who is a declared self‑help provider in relation to the re‑transmission;
other than:
 (h) a subscription television broadcasting licensee; or
 (i) a related body corporate of a subscription television broadcasting licensee; or
 (j) a person who is an excluded provider in relation to the re‑transmission.
 (2) Nothing in subsection (1) limits the generality of anything else in subsection (1).
 (3) Subsection (1) does not limit the generality of anything in section 212B.
 (4) In this section:
declared self‑help provider has the meaning given by section 212B.
excluded provider has the meaning given by section 212B.
isolated location means a place in a State or Territory that is