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Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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121B Definitions
licence area means a licence area of a commercial television broadcasting licence.
metropolitan commercial television broadcasting licensee means a commercial television broadcasting licensee whose licence area is a metropolitan licence area.
(e) South Australia.
prime viewing hours means the hours:
(a) beginning at 6 pm each day or, if another time is prescribed, beginning at that prescribed time each day; and
(b) ending at 10.30 pm on the same day or, if another time is prescribed, ending at that prescribed time on the same day.
program item means a television program, but does not include:
(b) a news program that:
(i) is not a regularly scheduled news program; and
(ii) is solely or principally about a matter of national significance; or
(c) a program that covers an Olympic Games that is being held at the time the program is transmitted; or
(d) a program that covers a Paralympic Games that is being held at the time the program is transmitted; or
(e) a program that covers a Commonwealth Games that is being held at the time the program is transmitted.
regional area means an area that is not part of a metropolitan licence area.