{"id":"F2004B00497","name":"Broadcasting Services (Designated Series of Events) Declaration No. 1 of 2000","slug":"broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":31538,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2004B00497-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Broadcasting Services (Designated Series of Events) Declaration No. 1 of 2000","content":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\nBroadcasting Services Act 1992\n\nBroadcasting Services (Designated Series of Events)\n\nDeclaration No. 1 of 2000\n\nI, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, make the following declaration under subsection 146C(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\nDated 12 May 2000\n\nMinister for Communications,\n\nInformation Technology and the Arts\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nCitation\n\n1. This declaration may be cited as the Broadcasting Services (Designated Series of Events) Declaration No. 1 of 2000.\n\n\\[NOTE: This declaration commences on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, ss 46A and 48.\\]\n\nDesignated Series of Events\n\n2. The series of events specified in the Schedule are each declared to be a designated series of events for the purposes of Part 10A of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\nOffer Time\n\n3. The offer time in relation to each series of events specified in the Schedule is ninety days before the start of the opening ceremony in that series of events.\n\n  \nSCHEDULE\n\nDESIGNATED SERIES OF EVENTS\n\n1.  The Federation of International Football Associations World Cup Soccer tournament to be held in 2002, including the opening ceremony and closing presentation of that tournament.\n\n2. The Federation of International Football Associations World Cup Soccer tournament to be held in 2006, including the opening ceremony and closing presentation of that tournament.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2579},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration precisely targets the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups as stated in its title and enabling provision (subsection 146C(2)), without expansion into other sporting events or alteration of the statutory framework for designating events."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 3 operative sections plus a 2-item Schedule","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested definitions","Simple arithmetic trigger for timing (90 days before opening ceremony)","Single cross-reference to Part 10A of the parent Act for substantive legal effect"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration protects Australian viewers’ free access to the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups by designating those tournaments under the Broadcasting Services Act. That designation triggers anti‑siphoning rules requiring rights holders to offer broadcast rights to free‑to‑air networks (ABC, Seven, Nine, Ten, etc.) at least 90 days before each tournament’s opening ceremony, preventing exclusive pay‑TV lockouts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000","history":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-designated-series-of-events-declaration-no-1-of-2000/documents"}}