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audio recording of a whole day of material, of material broadcast during daytime hours (ie 5.00 am to 8.00pm) or of material that is the duration of the applicable hours only.
    (2) The licensee must keep a record made for subsection (1) for the longest of the following periods:
        1.    30 days from the date on which the material was broadcast;
        2.    if a complaint has been made in relation to material contained in the broadcast – 60 days from the date on which the material was broadcast; or
        3.    a longer period specified by the ACMA, in writing.

        Note:  This subsection does not affect any other requirement of the licensee to retain records in relation to material that it broadcasts (see, for example, Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act).

    (3) If the ACMA asks the licensee in writing for access to a record kept under this section, the licensee must comply with the request as soon as practicable.

Transitional provision
    (4) If, before the commencement of this instrument, a licensee was required to make a record under section 9 of the Broadcasting Services (Regional Commercial Radio – Material of Local Significance) Licence Condition 2014, the licensee must keep that record for the period specified in that section as if that instrument had not been revoked.

12 Material of local significance—local content statements
    (1) For each relevant business day after the commencement of this instrument, a licensee must compile a local content statement in relation to the material of local significance that is to be broadcast in its licence area during daytime hours on that relevant business day.
    (2) A local content statement must record the material of local significance to be broadcast on a relevant business day by setting out the regular program schedule for each day of the week.
(3) A local content statement made under subsection (2), must state:
        1.    which programs or parts of programs are material of local significance;
        2.    whether the material was produced in, hosted in, or relates to the licence area; and
        3.    the date or time period covered by the statement.
        Note:  For paragraph (3)(c), the time period covered by a local content statement might be indicated by a reference such as 'July to September 2024' or 'week commencing 8 July 2024'.
    (4) The licensee must make its current local content statement available to the public by either:
        1.    publishing local content statements on its website; or
        2.    providing copies of local content statements to any person, on request.
    (5) If the ACMA asks the licensee in writing for access to a local content statement kept under this section, the licensee must comply with the request as soon as