{"id":"F2007L03792","name":"Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2007","slug":"broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"297 of 2007","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":70284,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L03792-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nBroadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 20071\n\nSelect Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 297\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\nDated 26 September 2007\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nHELEN LLOYD COONAN\n\nMinister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn these Regulations:\n\n> Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\n4 Prescribed daytime hours (Act s 43C)\n\n(1) For paragraph (a) of the definition of daytime hours in subsection 43C (8) of the Act, 5 am each day is prescribed.\n\n(2) For paragraph (b) of the definition of daytime hours in subsection 43C (8) of the Act, 8 pm each day is prescribed.\n\n5 Prescribed prime‑time hours (Act s 61CA)\n\n(1) For paragraph (a) of the definition of prime‑time hours in section 61CA of the Act, 5 am each day is prescribed.\n\n(2) For paragraph (b) of the definition of prime‑time hours in section 61CA of the Act, 8 pm each day is prescribed.\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1781},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain their original narrow purpose of prescribing specific hours for local content requirements under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992."},"complexity_factors":["Only one defined term ('Act')","No conditional provisions or exceptions","Linear structure with no internal cross-references","Substantive content limited to prescribing two identical time periods"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does**\n\nThese regulations set the specific hours when TV stations must meet Australian local content rules under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\n**The rules**\n\n* **Daytime hours**: 5:00 am to 8:00 pm each day (used for standard local content requirements under section 43C of the Act)\n* **Prime‑time hours**: 5:00 am to 8:00 pm each day (used for additional regional local content requirements under section 61CA of the Act)\n\n**Why it matters**\n\nCommercial TV broadcasters must air a minimum amount of Australian-made programs during these time windows. These regulations simply draw the lines on the clock — from 5 in the morning until 8 in the evening — to determine when those quotas apply."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007","history":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2007/documents"}}