Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:clause:2_7g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 7G
Character Range: 907614–908992

7G  Delay in commencement of new commercial television broadcasting services
  For the purposes of this Division, if:
 (a) a licence is allocated under section 38C; and
 (b) a commercial television broadcasting licensee (the terrestrial licensee) for a terrestrial licence area commences to provide:
 (i) a HDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service that is not the primary commercial television broadcasting service provided by the terrestrial licensee; or
 (ii) a SDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service that is not the primary commercial television broadcasting service provided by the terrestrial licensee; and
 (c) the licensee of the section 38C licence is required to provide:
 (i) if subparagraph (b)(i) applies—a HDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service the program content of which is the same, or substantially the same, as the service provided by the terrestrial licensee; or
 (ii) if subparagraph (b)(ii) applies—a SDTV multi‑channelled commercial television broadcasting service the program content of which is the same, or substantially the same, as the service provided by the terrestrial licensee; and
 (d) there is a delay in the provision of the required service;
disregard the delay so long as the delay is as short as is practicable.
Note: For terrestrial licence area, see clause 7L.