9Records

9 Records

(1) For each relevant business day after the commencement of this Instrument, a licensee must make a record, in audio form, of the applicable number of hours of material of local significance that it has broadcast in its licence area during daytime hours on that relevant business day.

Note A licensee may keep a record for this subsection by making an audio recording of a whole day of material, of material broadcast during daytime hours (ie 5.00 am to 8.00pm) or of material that is the duration of the applicable hours only.

(2) The licensee must keep a record made for subsection (1) for the longest of the following periods:

(a) 30 days from the date on which the material was broadcast;

(b) if a complaint has been made in relation to material contained in the broadcast – 60 days from the date on which the material was broadcast; or

(c) a longer period specified by the ACMA, in writing.

Note This subsection does not affect any other requirement of the licensee to retain records in relation to material that it broadcasts (see, for example, Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act).

(3) If the ACMA asks the licensee for access to a record kept under this section, the licensee must comply with the request as soon as practicable.