3Definitions

#### 3 Definitions (1) In this Act: > ABC means the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. > ACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. > access seeker has the same meaning as in Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act. > ancillary service means a service that is ancillary to a national broadcasting service and is carried by means of an analog main carrier signal that is used for the transmission of the national broadcasting service. > Archives Act means the Archives Act 1983. > asset means: (a) any legal or equitable estate or interest in real or personal property, including a contingent or prospective one; and (b) any right, privilege or immunity, including a contingent or prospective one. > broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act. > Broadcasting Services Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. > carrier licence has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act. > commercial broadcasting licensee means: (a) the holder of a commercial television broadcasting licence (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act); or (b) the holder of a commercial radio broadcasting licence (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act). > Commonwealth asset means an asset of the Commonwealth. > Commonwealth liability means a liability of the Commonwealth. > community broadcasting licensee means the holder of a community broadcasting licence (within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act). > community broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act. > company means a body corporate. > Competition and Consumer Act means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. > declared remote area means an area specified by the Minister under subsection (2) for the purposes of this definition. > declared successor means a person declared under section 22 to be a declared successor. > emergency service organisation means: (a) any of the following organisations (including those consisting wholly or partly of volunteers): (i) a police force or service; (ii) a fire service; (iii) an ambulance service; (iv) a coast guard service, rescue service or emergency service; or (b) any other organisation specified by the Minister under subsection (2) for the purposes of this paragraph. > exempt re‑transmission means a re‑transmission covered by section 212 of the Broadcasting Services Act. > government body means: (a) a State or Territory; or (b) an authority of a State or Territory; or (c) a local government body of a State or Territory. > instrument includes a document. > land registration official, in relation to land, means the Registrar of Titles or other proper officer of the State or Territory in which the land is situated. > liability means a liability, duty or obligation, including a contingent or prospective one. > national broadcasting service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act. > NBS transmitter licence means a transmitter licence (within the meaning of the Radiocommunications Act) for a transmitter that is for use for transmitting a national broadcasting service to the public. > nominated customer has the meaning given by section 15. > nominated purpose, in relation to a person who is a nominated customer, means a purpose specified in section 15 as a purpose for which the person is a nominated customer. > nominated service has the meaning given by section 14. > non‑profit body means an incorporated body that: (a) is not carried on for the purposes of profit or gain to its individual members; and (b) is prohibited by its constituent document from making any distribution of money or property to its individual members. > NTC or National Transmission Company means a company to which assets or liabilities are transferred under section 9. > open narrowcasting television service has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Services Act. > original asset means an asset transferred from the Commonwealth under section 9. > radiocommunication has the same meaning as in the Radiocommunications Act. > Radiocommunications Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. > replacement asset means an asset that is a replacement for: (a) an original asset; or (b) an asset that is a replacement asset because of a previous application of this definition. > SBS means the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. > share, in relation to a company, means a share in the company’s share capital. > site has the same meaning as in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act. > specified, in relation to an asset, liability or instrument, means specified or identified (whether by reference to a class or by any other means). > telecommunications access regime means: (a) Part XIC of the Competition and Consumer Act (as in force immediately before the commencement of Division 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010); and (b) any other provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act (as in force immediately before the commencement of Division 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Act 2010) that relate to the operation of that Part; and (c) sections 62 and 68, subsection 70(5) and Parts 30, 31 and 32 of the Telecommunications Act; and (d) any other provisions of the Telecommunications Act that relate to the operation of the provisions specified in paragraph (c). > Telecommunications Act means the Telecommunications Act 1997. > telecommunications carrier rules means: (a) Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Telecommunications Act; and (b) any other provisions of the Telecommunications Act that relate to the operation of that Part. > telecommunications facility means a facility within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act. > telecommunications transmission tower has the same meaning as in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to the Telecommunications Act. (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify: (a) an area for the purposes of the definition of declared remote area in subsection (1); or (b) an organisation for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of emergency service organisation in subsection (1).