Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:52zc:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 52ZC (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 553892–556565

news businesses that are not registered news businesses, because of any of the following matters:
 (i) a corporation being eligible to be registered under section 52G, or being eligible to be endorsed under that section as the registered news business corporation for a news business;
 (ii) a corporation applying under section 52F for registration of itself, or of a news business, or for endorsement of itself as the registered news business corporation for a news business.
 (3) This subsection covers a news business if:
 (a) the news business is not a registered news businesses; and
 (b) none of the news sources that comprise the business form part of a registered news business.
 (4) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to differentiation if:
 (a) there is an agreement between:
 (i) the responsible digital platform corporation, or a related body corporate of the responsible digital platform corporation; and
 (ii) a corporation that is registered (or is eligible to be registered) under section 52G and, either by itself or together with other corporations, operates or controls a news business; and
 (b) the agreement provides that a corporation mentioned in subparagraph (a)(i) will ensure that remuneration is to be paid to the news business for the making available of the news business' covered news content by the digital service; and
 (c) the differentiation arises solely from the amount of that remuneration.
 (5) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to differentiation if:
 (a) there is an agreement between:
 (i) the responsible digital platform corporation, or a related body corporate of the responsible digital platform corporation; and
 (ii) a corporation that is registered (or is eligible to be registered) under section 52G and, either by itself or together with other corporations, operates or controls a news business; and
 (b) the agreement provides that:
 (i) a corporation mentioned in subparagraph (a)(ii) will ensure the provision of a specified type of covered news content to be made available by the digital service; and
 (ii) a corporation mentioned in subparagraph (a)(i) will ensure that the content is ranked preferentially when the digital service distributes the covered news content; and
 (c) the differentiation arises solely from that preferential ranking.
 (6) For the purposes of this section:
 (a) treat the reference in the definition of news source in section 52A to "it produces" as instead being a reference to "it regularly produces"; and
 (b) treat the reference in that definition to "news content" as instead being a reference to "covered news content".

Division 6—Bargaining

Subdivision A—Preliminary