Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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This determination drew an explicit boundary (everything south of latitude 34.870957° S) in the Mildura/Sunraysia broadcast area and declared that zone a digital‑only local market from 4 May 2010.
Residents south of that line had to switch to a digital TV or set‑top box to receive free‑to‑air channels—it was the regional trigger in Australia’s staged analog‑to‑digital switchover.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Area for the Mildura/Sunraysia Licence Area) Determination (No. 1) 2010.
I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 5F(1) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated 30 April 2010
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Area for the Mildura/Sunraysia Licence Area) Determination (No. 1) 2010.
This Determination commences on the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
digital-only local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
Mildura/Sunraysia licence area is the area determined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in the Licence Area Plan Mildura/Sunraysia Television and Radio made under subsection 26(1) of the Act; and
the Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(a) For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act, the area within the Mildura/Sunraysia licence area to the south of 34.870957 degrees south latitude is a local market area.
(b) For the purpose of Schedule 4 to the Act, the local market area specified in paragraph 4(a) above is to become a digital-only local market area from 4 May 2010.
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I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 5F(1) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated 30 April 2010
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Area for the Mildura/Sunraysia Licence Area) Determination (No. 1) 2010.
This Determination commences on the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
digital-only local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
Mildura/Sunraysia licence area is the area determined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in the Licence Area Plan Mildura/Sunraysia Television and Radio made under subsection 26(1) of the Act; and
the Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(a) For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act, the area within the Mildura/Sunraysia licence area to the south of 34.870957 degrees south latitude is a local market area.
(b) For the purpose of Schedule 4 to the Act, the local market area specified in paragraph 4(a) above is to become a digital-only local market area from 4 May 2010.