{"id":"F2009L04140","name":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (Development of Technical Standards for Domestic Digital Television Reception Equipment) Direction No. 1 of 2009","slug":"australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":81771,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009L04140-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Direction","content":"## 4 Direction\n\nI direct the ACMA to exercise its power under section 130B(1) of the Act, as soon as practicable, to determine technical standards to ensure that domestic reception equipment used for receiving any or all digital television broadcasting services or datacasting services have parental lock capabilities.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Matters to be considered when determining a technical standard","content":"## 5 Matters to be considered when determining a technical standard\n\nI direct the ACMA to consider the following matters during the course of determining a technical standard about child lock capabilities:\n\n(a) whether to exempt any particular class of domestic reception equipment from the technical standards determined pursuant to this direction;\n\n(b) whether to request an industry code under Part 9B of the Act that deals with electronic program guides with respect to the industry activities of providing a commercial television broadcasting service or a national television broadcasting service.;\n\n(c) whether to request an industry code under Part 9B of the Act that deals with domestic reception equipment labelling schemes in relation to the industry activity of importing, manufacturing, or supplying domestic reception equipment that is capable of receiving any or all digital television broadcasting services or datacasting services.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1717},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2009 Direction establishing the mandate for parental lock standards. The scope remains tightly focused on technical standards for digital TV reception equipment and related industry codes, with no indication of expansion beyond this original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only two operative provisions","References to external legislative provisions (section 130B(1) and Part 9B of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) without providing the text","Use of technical defined terms such as 'domestic reception equipment', 'datacasting services', and 'industry code' that assume familiarity with broadcasting legislation","Conditional considerations requiring ACMA to evaluate whether to exempt certain classes or request industry self-regulation"],"plain_english_summary":"This Direction instructs the ACMA to promptly make technical rules requiring parental-lock capabilities in any device sold in Australia that receives digital TV broadcasts, so parents can block programs or channels their children access. In doing so ACMA must consider exemptions and seek industry-developed codes for electronic program guides and labelling schemes to help consumers identify compliant equipment. This shifts some content control tools from broadcasters to device-level safeguards."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita","history":"/api/acts/australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-communications-and-media-authority-development-of-technical-standards-for-domestic-digita/documents"}}