Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:43aa:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 43AA (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 158844–160849

apply to the program.
 (3B) A commercial television broadcasting licence for a regional licence area is subject to the condition that, if:
 (a) the licensee broadcasts a local news program in the licence area on 2 or more occasions; and
 (b) the licence area is wholly or partly included in the licence area of a licence allocated under section 38C;
the licensee of the regional commercial television broadcasting licence will take reasonable steps to ensure that the licensee of the regional commercial television broadcasting licence does not, on more than one occasion, provide the program to the section 38C licensee for broadcast by the section 38C licensee.
 (6) This section does not apply to a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under subsection 40(1).
 (7) In this section:
local news program means:
 (a) a program that consists solely of local news and/or local weather information; or
 (b) a program:
 (i) that consists primarily of local news and/or local weather information; and
 (ii) the remainder of which consists of other news and/or other weather information;
but does not include:
 (c) a short segment, or a headline update, that is broadcast for the sole or primary purpose of promoting another program; or
 (d) a short segment, or a headline update, that repeats news content that has previously been broadcast by the licensee concerned.
metropolitan licence area means a licence area in which is situated the General Post Office of the capital city of:
 (a) New South Wales; or
 (b) Victoria; or
 (c) Queensland; or
 (d) Western Australia; or
 (e) South Australia;
but does not include the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C.
regional licence area means a licence area that is not a metropolitan licence area, but does not include:
 (a) the licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C; or
 (b) a licence area specified in column 3 of the table in subsection 38C(1).