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Radiocommunications Act 1992
109Conditions of transmitter licences for certain broadcasting services
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#### 109 Conditions of transmitter licences for certain broadcasting services
(1) A transmitter licence issued under section 102 is subject to the following conditions:
(a) a condition that the licensee must comply with this Act;
(b) a condition that the licensee meet all obligations (if any) of the licensee to pay:
(i) charges fixed by determinations under section 60 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005; and
(ii) amounts of apparatus licence tax; and
(iii) amounts of interim tax;
(c) a condition that the licensee inform each person authorised by the licensee to operate a radiocommunications transmitter under the licence of the person’s obligations to comply with this Act and the conditions of the licence;
(d) if subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 applies—a condition that the licensee, and any person so authorised, must not operate, or permit operation of, such a transmitter otherwise than in accordance with any relevant technical specifications determined by the ACMA under that subsection;
(da) if a BSA television licence area plan is applicable to the transmission of one or more television broadcasting services under the authority of the licence—a condition that the licensee, and any person so authorised, must not operate, or permit operation of, such a transmitter otherwise than in accordance with any relevant technical specifications determined under the plan;
(e) a condition that the licensee, and any person so authorised, must comply with guidelines developed by the ACMA under section 33 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992;
(f) such other conditions as are specified in the licence.
(2) The conditions of a licence issued under section 102 , including any further conditions imposed under paragraph 111(1)(a), must not be inconsistent with the related licence as referred to in section 102.
> Note: Inclusion of conditions under paragraph (1)(f) is a reviewable decision under Part 5.6.
(3) In this section:
> television broadcasting service has the same meaning as in section 26 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.