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            Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

       7  Purpose

         The purpose of this instrument is to ensure that particular domestic reception equipment has parental lock capabilities, or distributes information that enables the parental lock capabilities in other domestic reception equipment to operate.

       8  Standard – domestic digital television receiver (general)

        (1) For subsection 130B(1) of the Act, this section sets out a technical standard for a domestic digital television receiver, except where section 9 or section 10 applies to the receiver.

            Note 1: Subsection 130B(1) of the Act applies in relation to domestic reception equipment. A domestic digital television receiver is domestic reception equipment.

            Note 2: Section 9 of this instrument applies to modular reception equipment. Section 10 of this instrument applies to amplifiers and distribution devices.

        (2) The domestic digital television receiver must have parental lock capabilities.

        (3) The parental lock capabilities must be able to identify the classification code that applies to a television program by using the program classification information for the program.

        (4) The parental lock capabilities must be able to identify the classification code that applies to datacasting content by using the program classification information for the content.

        (5) The parental lock capabilities must be able to be set by the user of the domestic digital television receiver so that the user can choose to make the receiver block any of the following:
           (a) television programs and datacasting content with a classification code of PG or higher;
           (b) television programs and datacasting content with a classification code of M or higher;
           (c) television programs and datacasting content with a classification code of MA or higher.

       9  Standard – domestic digital television receiver (modulation reception equipment)

        (1) For subsection 130B(1) of the Act, this section sets out a technical standard for a domestic digital television receiver that:
           (a) can operate to show a television program or datacasting content only if it is used with another device; and
           (b) cannot be connected to an electricity system of an electricity supply body otherwise than through the device mentioned in paragraph (a).

            Note: Subsection 130B(1) of the Act applies in relation to domestic reception equipment. A domestic digital television receiver is domestic reception equipment.

        (2) If the domestic digital television receiver:
           (a) is supplied with software; and
           (b) operates as a domestic digital television receiver when used with the software;
         the receiver must have parental lock capabilities when used with the software.

        (3) The parental lock capabilities must be able to identify the classification code that applies to a television program by using the program classification information for the program.

        (4) The parental lock capabilities must be