Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01653:schedule:1:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01653
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 8/16)
Character Range: 22247–24982

in each calendar year at least 250 points of first release Australian programs from any of the genres mentioned in the table in Schedule 1, calculated by reference to the applicable points and limitations (if any) for each genre category set out in the table in Schedule 1.
      (2) A licensee cannot claim more than 50 points of commissioned first release Australian documentary programs per calendar year to satisfy the requirement in subsection (1).
      (3) A licensee may accrue points on any combination of its primary commercial television broadcasting service and the other commercial television broadcasting services which it is authorised to provide under its licence.
         Note: For the services authorised by a commercial television broadcasting licence, see section 41C of the Act.
      (4) Points do not accrue if the program is not broadcast between 6:00am and midnight.
      (5) If a licensee commences to provide a commercial television broadcasting service on or after 2 January in a calendar year, the points quota needed to satisfy subsection (1) in that year is worked out using the pro rata formula.

14 Carry over of excess points
      If a licensee accrues 250 points of first release Australian programs in a calendar year, any further points it accrues in that calendar year may be carried over to satisfy section 13 in the following year, up to a maximum of 50 points.

15 Indexation of production budget and licence fee figures

      (1) On 1 January 2022, and on 1 January of each subsequent year, the value of each production budget and licence fee figure mentioned in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1 will:
         (a) if the CPI number has increased over the twelve months to the September quarter preceding 1 January of the relevant year, increase to the amount calculated using the formula in subsection (2); and
         (b) not change if there is a decrease or no change to the CPI number over the twelve months to the September quarter preceding 1 January of the relevant year.
      (2) For paragraph (1)(a) the formula to be applied is:

      where:
      earlier CPI number is the CPI number for the quarter ending on 30 September two years before the relevant year;
      indexable amount means:
         (a)      subject to paragraph (b), the amount of a production budget or licence fee figure set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 1; or
         (b)      if an amount of a production budget or licence fee figure set out in that table has previously been taken to be altered by substituting another amount in accordance with this section – the last substituted amount;
      latest CPI number is the CPI number for the quarter ending on 30 September before the relevant