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This instrument is the Broadcasting Services (Events) Notice 2023.
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This notice operates under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to ensure major sporting and cultural events remain available on free television. What it does: It declares that events listed in Schedule 1 are the kind that "should, in my opinion, be available free to the general public" — meaning pay-TV providers cannot buy exclusive rights to these events and lock them behind subscriptions (this is known as the "anti-siphoning" regime). Who it affects: Free-to-air broadcasters, subscription TV services, and sporting bodies negotiating broadcast rights. Time limit: The notice automatically self-destructs after 36 months (3 years), ensuring the list of protected events stays current.
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This instrument is the Broadcasting Services (Events) Notice 2023.
This instrument is made under subsection 115(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
In this instrument:
Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
For the purposes of subsection 115(1) of the Act, each event specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice is an event specified of a kind, the televising of which should, in my opinion, be available free to the general public.
This instrument is repealed the day after the end of the period of 36 months beginning on the day this instrument commences.
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This instrument is the Broadcasting Services (Events) Notice 2023.
This instrument is made under subsection 115(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
In this instrument:
Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
For the purposes of subsection 115(1) of the Act, each event specified in Schedule 1 to this Notice is an event specified of a kind, the televising of which should, in my opinion, be available free to the general public.
This instrument is repealed the day after the end of the period of 36 months beginning on the day this instrument commences.