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Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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146U Media content service
(1) For the purposes of this Part, media content service means any of the following:
(a) a broadcasting service;
(b) an online information service (for example, a dial‑up information service);
(c) an online entertainment service (for example, a video on demand service or an interactive computer game service);
(d) any other online service that allows end‑users to access content using a listed carriage service;
(e) a specified service that the Minister determines, under subsection (2), is a media content service;
but does not include a specified service that the Minister determines, under subsection (3), is not a media content service.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that a specified service is a media content service.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that a specified service is not a media content service.
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