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Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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146Z ACMA may obtain information and documents
(1) This section applies to a person who:
(a) is a media content service provider; or
(b) is a related body corporate of a media content service provider;
if:
(c) the ACMA has reason to believe that the person has information or a document that is relevant to:
(i) monitoring compliance with this Part; or
(ii) the performance of the ACMA’s functions under paragraph 10(1)(a), (e), (n) or (q) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.
ACMA may require information or documents
(c) to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the ACMA, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies.
(5) A person who contravenes subsection (3) commits a separate contravention of that subsection in respect of each day (including a day of the making of a relevant civil penalty order or any subsequent day) during which the contravention continues.
146ZA Copies of documents
(1) The ACMA may inspect a document or copy produced under this Part and may make and retain copies of, or take and retain extracts from, such a document.
(2) The ACMA may retain possession of a copy of a document produced in accordance with a requirement covered by paragraph 146Z(2)(c).
Division 4—Review of this Part
146ZB Review of this Part
(1) The Minister must cause a review to be conducted of the operation, effectiveness and implications of:
(a) this Part; and
(b) the anti‑siphoning list.
(2) The review must commence as soon as practicable after the end of the 2 year period starting on the day on which this Part commences.
(3) The persons undertaking the review must give the Minister a written report of the review. The report must not include information that is commercially sensitive.
(4) The Minister must cause copies of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sittings days of that House after receiving the report.
146ZC Minister may request report
(1) The Minister may, by written notice given to the ACMA, request the ACMA to:
(a) prepare a report about any of the following:
(i) developments in the market for rights to provide coverage of sporting events in Australia;
(ii) trends in the provision and consumption of coverage of sporting events by audiences in Australia;
(iii) international developments in the regulation of the rights to provide coverage of sporting events and in the provision and consumption of such coverage;
(iv) technological developments that relate to media content services in Australia; and
Part 11—Complaints to the ACMA
Division 1—Complaints relating to action under licences and class licences
147 Complaints relating to offences or breach of licence conditions
If a person believes that another person who is providing a broadcasting service has:
(a) committed an offence against this Act or the regulations; or
(aa) breached a civil penalty provision; or
(b) breached a condition of a licence or a class licence;