Broadcasting Services Act 1992
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This Determination sets the deadline for ending analog TV broadcasts in the Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area (covering regions like Lismore and Grafton).
During a simulcast period, TV stations must broadcast identical content using both old analog signals and new digital signals. This gives households time to upgrade their TVs or buy set-top boxes before the old system shuts down.
This law fixes the end of that transition period as 3 December 2013 for this specific region. After this date:
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) had already defined the geographical boundaries of this licence area in a separate plan.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6A(2) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated 7 September 2012
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;
Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan Northern NSW Analog Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Act; and
simulcast period has the same meaning as in paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of ‘simulcast period’ in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
The simulcast period for the Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area is to run until and including 3 December 2013.
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I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6A(2) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated 7 September 2012
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
In this Determination:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;
Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan Northern NSW Analog Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Act; and
simulcast period has the same meaning as in paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of ‘simulcast period’ in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
The simulcast period for the Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area is to run until and including 3 December 2013.