Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:130zb:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130ZB (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 552142–554971

130ZB  Objectives of conditional access scheme—South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area and Northern Australia TV3 licence area

Scope
 (1) This section applies to a commercial television broadcasting licence allocated under section 38C for:
 (a) the South Eastern Australia TV3 licence area; or
 (b) the Northern Australia TV3 licence area.

Objectives
 (2) A conditional access scheme for the section 38C licence area complies with this section if the scheme is directed towards the achievement of the objectives set out in this section.
 (3) The first objective is that:
 (a) the scheme should specify all of the following as areas that are taken to be areas (category A reception areas) in which people are unable to receive adequate reception of all of the applicable terrestrial digital commercial television broadcasting services:
 (i) the related terrestrial licence areas;
 (ii) the external Territory in the section 38C licence area; and
 (b) if a terrestrial licensee for a related terrestrial licence area is authorised, under paragraph 7(2A)(d) of Schedule 2, to provide a commercial television broadcasting service outside the related terrestrial licence area to one or more persons who are in the section 38C licence area—the scheme should provide that those persons are taken in to be in a category A reception area.
 (4) The second objective is that the scheme should:
 (a) specify one or more areas included in the section 38C licence area; or
 (b) specify a method for ascertaining one or more areas included in the section 38C licence area;
that are taken to be areas (category B reception areas) in which people are unable to receive adequate reception of all of the applicable terrestrial digital commercial television broadcasting services.
 (5) The third objective is that a conditional access system that relates to any of the commercial television broadcasting services provided under the section 38C licence must enable persons in:
 (a) a category A reception area; or
 (b) a category B reception area; or
 (c) a declared service‑deficient area;
to receive those commercial television broadcasting services.
 (7) The fourth objective is that the scheme should provide that so much of the section 38C licence area as is neither:
 (a) a category A reception area; nor
 (b) a category B reception area;
is a category C reception area.
 (8) The fifth objective is that the scheme must:
 (a) if the scheme is developed by a body or association that the ACMA is satisfied represents commercial television broadcasting licensees—identify a company; or
 (b) if the scheme is formulated by the ACMA—identify the ACMA;
as the scheme administrator for the scheme.
 (9) The sixth objective is that the scheme must authorise the scheme administrator to issue a certificate (a reception certificate) to a person in a