{"id":"F2017L01011","name":"Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2017","slug":"broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439282,"registerId":"F2017L01011-fast-fetch-1775955370180","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2017","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nBroadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2017\n\nI, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.\n\nDated 10 August 2017\n\nPeter Cosgrove\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nMitch Fifield\n\nMinister for Communications\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\n5 Definitions\n\n6 Prescribed daytime hours\n\n7 Prescribed prime‑time hours\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nBroadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2007\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2017.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 12 August 2017\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In these Regulations:\n\nAct means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\n6  Prescribed daytime hours\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of daytime hours in subsection 43C(8) of the Act, 5 am is prescribed.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of daytime hours in subsection 43C(8) of the Act, 8 pm is prescribed.\n\n7  Prescribed prime‑time hours\n\n (1) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of prime‑time hours in section 61CA of the Act, 5 am is prescribed.\n\n (2) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of prime‑time hours in section 61CA of the Act, 8 pm is prescribed.\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\n \n\nBroadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2007\n\n1  The whole of the Regulations\n\nRepeal the Regulations.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument repeals the Broadcasting Services (Hours of Local Content) Regulations 2007 and re‑enacts prescribed time points (5:00 am and 8:00 pm) for the Act's daytime and prime‑time definitions. Whether this is a substantive change in regulatory coverage or a technical re‑enactment cannot be determined from this instrument alone without comparing the 2007 Regulations' substantive provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject‑matter: only prescribes two time points (5:00 am and 8:00 pm).","Direct cross‑references to the Broadcasting Services Act (subsection 43C(8) and section 61CA) — legal effect depends on reading those Act provisions.","Complete repeal of the 2007 Regulations means assessing change requires side‑by‑side comparison with the earlier instrument.","Standard statutory commencement and formalities included (commencement, authority, schedules) but no multistep procedures or discretionary powers.","Operational impact is indirect: affects a range of licence conditions and compliance regimes by changing the temporal bounds used in existing obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation prescribes the start and end points used to define “daytime hours” and “prime‑time hours” under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992: 5:00 am and 8:00 pm. It applies to broadcasters (who bear any compliance costs) and to licence conditions that depend on those statutory definitions, and it repeals the 2007 Regulations it replaces. That timing determines when local‑content obligations and related licence requirements under the Act apply."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation maintains the exact same scope as its predecessor. It is a direct replacement of the 2007 regulations with identical substantive content (the same time periods: 5 am to 8 pm). There is no expansion of scope or policy change."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 7 substantive sections plus a repeal schedule","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act (Broadcasting Services Act 1992)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward mechanical provisions that simply insert specific times (5 am, 8 pm) into definitions in the parent Act","Single Schedule containing only a repeal of the previous regulations"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations define both \"daytime hours\" and \"prime‑time hours\" for Australian television as 5 am to 8 pm. They affect commercial broadcasters by specifying which hours count toward local content quotas, and indirectly affect viewers by shaping when Australian programs are scheduled. The instrument replaces the 2007 version but keeps the same time definitions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017","history":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-hours-of-local-content-regulations-2017/documents"}}