Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:139:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 139 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 679340–682162

139  Offence for breach of conditions of licences and class licences
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a commercial television broadcasting licensee; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches a condition of the licence set out in subclause 7(1) (other than paragraph 7(1)(ia)) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 2,000 penalty units.
 (1A) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a commercial television broadcasting licensee; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches the condition of the licence set out in paragraph 7(1)(ia) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (1B) An offence against subsection (1A) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (1C) Subsection (1A) is a designated infringement notice provision.
 (2) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a subscription television broadcasting licensee; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches a condition of a subscription television broadcasting licence set out in section 103P, 103Q, 103S, 103T, 103V, 103W, 103Y or 103Z, or in subclause 10(1) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 1,000 penalty units.
 (3) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a commercial radio broadcasting licensee; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches a condition of the licence set out in subclause 8(1) (other than paragraph 8(1)(ha)) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.
 (3A) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a commercial radio broadcasting licensee; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches the condition of the licence set out in paragraph 8(1)(ha) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (3B) An offence against subsection (3A) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (3C) Subsection (3A) is a designated infringement notice provision.
 (4) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a community broadcasting licensee (other than a temporary community broadcasting licensee); and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches a condition of the licence set out in subclause 9(1) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (5) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is a temporary community broadcasting licensee; and
 (b) the person engages in conduct; and
 (c) the person's conduct breaches a condition of the licence set out in subclause 9(1) (other than paragraph 9(1)(h)) of Schedule 2.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
 (6) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person provides a subscription radio broadcasting service, a subscription narrowcasting service