Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00177:section:10:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00177
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 18134–21220

10  ACMA's broadcasting, content and datacasting functions
 (1) The ACMA's broadcasting, content and datacasting functions are as follows:
 (a) to regulate broadcasting services, broadcasting video on demand services and datacasting services in accordance with the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
 (b) to plan the availability of segments of the broadcasting services bands on an area basis;
 (c) to allocate, renew, suspend and cancel licences and to take other enforcement action under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
 (d) to conduct investigations or hearings relating to the allocating of licences for community radio and community television services;
 (e) to conduct investigations as directed by the Minister under section 171 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
 (f) to design and administer price‑based systems for the allocation of commercial television broadcasting licences and commercial radio broadcasting licences;
 (g) to collect any fees payable in respect of licences;
 (h) to conduct or commission research into community attitudes on issues relating to programs and datacasting content;
 (i) to assist broadcasting service providers and datacasting service providers to develop codes of practice that, as far as possible, are in accordance with community standards;
 (j) to monitor compliance with those codes of practice;
 (k) to develop program standards relating to broadcasting in Australia;
 (l) to monitor compliance with those standards;
 (la) to develop guidelines and make determinations about regulated television devices under Part 9E of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
 (lb) to advise the Minister about regulated television services under Part 9E of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
 (lc) to monitor compliance with the minimum prominence requirements;
 (ld) to conduct investigations relating to compliance with the minimum prominence requirements;
 (m) to monitor and investigate complaints concerning broadcasting services (including national broadcasting services) and datacasting services;
 (ma) to monitor compliance with the online content service provider rules;
 (n) to inform itself and advise the Minister on technological advances and service trends in the broadcasting industry, broadcasting video on demand industry, internet industry and datacasting industry;
 (o) such other functions as are conferred on the ACMA by or under:
 (i) the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983; or
 (ii) the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (other than Part 14AA); or
 (iii) the Interactive Gambling Act 2001; or
 (iv) the National Self‑exclusion Register (Cost Recovery Levy) Act 2019; or
 (v) the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991;
 (q) to report to, and advise, the Minister in relation to the broadcasting industry, broadcasting video on demand industry, internet industry and datacasting industry;
 (r) to monitor, and to report to the Minister on, the operation of each Act specified in paragraph (o) or (p), to the extent it is so specified;
 (s) to do anything incidental to or conducive to the performance of any of the above