Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:clause:2_7b:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 7B (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 890226–893167

7B  Conditions about the provision of primary commercial television broadcasting services

Conditions about the provision of primary services
 (1) A licence allocated under section 38C is subject to the condition that, if there are at least 3 commercial television broadcasting services (the related terrestrial primary services), where each of the services:
 (a) is provided by a terrestrial licensee in a related terrestrial licence area; and
 (b) is a primary commercial television broadcasting service; and
 (c) is distinct from each of the other services;
the section 38C licensee will provide at least 3 commercial television broadcasting services, where:
 (d) the program content of each of the services is the same, or substantially the same, as the program content of a related terrestrial primary service; and
 (e) each of the services is distinct from each of the other services.
 (2) A licence allocated under section 38C is subject to the condition that, if there are only 2 commercial television broadcasting services (the related terrestrial primary services), where each of the services:
 (a) is provided by a terrestrial licensee in a related terrestrial licence area; and
 (b) is a primary commercial television broadcasting service; and
 (c) is distinct from the other service;
the section 38C licensee will provide:
 (d) 2 commercial television broadcasting services, where:
 (i) the program content of each of the services is the same, or substantially the same, as the program content of a related terrestrial primary service; and
 (ii) the services are distinct from one another; and
 (e) one commercial television broadcasting service, where:
 (i) the program content of the service is the same, or substantially the same, as the program content of a primary commercial television broadcasting service provided by a terrestrial licensee in a metropolitan licence area; and
 (ii) the service is distinct from each of the services required to be provided by paragraph (d).
 (3) A licence allocated under section 38C is subject to the condition that, if:
 (a) neither subclause (1) nor subclause (2) applies; and
 (b) there is a commercial television broadcasting service (the related terrestrial primary service), where:
 (i) the service is provided by a terrestrial licensee in a related terrestrial licence area; and
 (ii) the service is a primary commercial television broadcasting service;
the section 38C licensee will provide:
 (c) one commercial television broadcasting service that has program content that is the same, or substantially the same, as the program content of the related terrestrial primary service; and
 (d) 2 commercial television broadcasting services, where:
 (i) the program content of each of the services is the same, or substantially the same, as the program content of a primary commercial television broadcasting service provided by a terrestrial licensee in a metropolitan licence area;