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Broadcasting Services (Parental Lock) Technical Standard 2020

made under subsections 130B(1) and (7) of the

Broadcasting Services Act 1992

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date:    7 September 2021

Includes amendments up to: F2021L01241

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, Melbourne
About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Broadcasting Services (Parental Lock) Technical Standard 2020 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 7 September 2021 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law.  Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au).  The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes.  For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Federal Register of Legislation for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Modifications

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Self-repealing provisions

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       1  Name

         This is the Broadcasting Services (Parental Lock) Technical Standard 2020.

       3  Authority

         This instrument is made under subsections 130B(1) and 130B(7) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

       5  Definitions

        (1) In this instrument:

       Act means Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

       classification code has the meaning given by subsection (2).

       designated datacasting service has the meaning given by clause 2A of Schedule 6 to the Act.

       digital mode means broadcast or transmitted using a digital modulation technique.

       domestic digital television receiver means domestic reception equipment that:
          (a) is not a hand‑held device; and
          (b) is capable of receiving one or more of the following:
              (i) television programs broadcast or transmitted in SDTV digital mode;
              (ii) television programs broadcast or transmitted in HDTV digital mode;
              (iii) a designated datacasting service provided under a datacasting licence, transmitted in SDTV digital mode;
              (iv) a designated datacasting service provided