Second Reading Speeches

Broadcasting Legislation Amendment Bill 2007

Type
Government
Portfolio
Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Broadcasting Services Act 1992
to ensure that persons who re-transmit content provided by National Indigenous TV Limited (NITV Ltd) for transmission by Imparja Television are exempt from the regulatory requirements of the Act; and
Copyright Act 1968
to amend the statutory licence copyright collection scheme to apply it to re-transmissions of NITV Ltd program material.

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