Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023:section:130zuaa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00023
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130ZUAA
Character Range: 610718–613156

130ZUAA  Effect of target reduction order

Scope
 (1) This section applies if a target reduction order under section 130ZUA is applicable to:
 (a) a commercial television broadcasting service; or
 (b) a national television broadcasting service;
for a financial year.

Commercial television broadcasting service
 (2) If the service is a commercial television broadcasting service provided by a commercial television broadcasting licensee, the licensee must ensure that the percentage worked out using the following formula is not less than the reduced annual captioning target for the service for the financial year:
where:
total hours of captioned programs transmitted during the financial year means the total number of hours of television programs:
 (a) that were transmitted:
 (i) during targeted viewing hours in the financial year; and
 (ii) on the service; and
 (b) for which a captioning service was provided.
total hours of programs transmitted during the financial year means the total number of hours of television programs transmitted:
 (a) during targeted viewing hours in the financial year; and
 (b) on the service.

National television broadcasting service
 (3) If the service is a national television broadcasting service provided by a national broadcaster, the national broadcaster must ensure that the percentage worked out using the following formula is not less than the reduced annual captioning target for the service for the financial year:
where:
total hours of captioned programs transmitted during the financial year means the total number of hours of television programs:
 (a) that were transmitted:
 (i) during targeted viewing hours in the financial year; and
 (ii) on the service; and
 (b) for which a captioning service was provided.
total hours of programs transmitted during the financial year means the total number of hours of television programs transmitted:
 (a) during targeted viewing hours in the financial year; and
 (b) on the service.

Standard captioning rule does not apply
 (4) Subsection 130ZR(1) does not apply to the service for the financial year.

Targeted viewing hours
 (7) For the purposes of this section, targeted viewing hours are the hours:
 (a) beginning at 6 am each day or, if another time is prescribed, beginning at that prescribed time each day; and
 (b) ending at midnight on the same day or, if another time is prescribed, ending at that prescribed time on the same day.