Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 74J

  (1)   If, at the commencement of this Division, a person is a foreign stakeholder in an Australian media company, the person must, within the initial disclosure period, notify the ACMA in writing of:

  (a)   the person's name; and

  (b)   the circumstances that resulted in the person being a foreign stakeholder in the company at the commencement of this Division; and

  (c)   the person's company interests in the company at the commencement of this Division; and

  (d)   the method used to determine those company interests; and

  (e)   the reason why the person was a foreign person at the commencement of this Division; and

  (f)   the designated information relating to the person; and

  (g)   such other information (if any) relating to the person as is specified under subsection   (2).

  (2)   The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, specify information for the purposes of paragraph   (1)(g).

Civil penalty provision

  (3)   Subsection   (1) is a civil penalty provision.

  (4)   A person who contravenes subsection   (1) commits a separate contravention of that subsection in respect of each day (including a day of the making of a relevant civil penalty order or any subsequent day) during which the contravention continues.

Designated infringement notice provision

  (5)   Subsection   (1) is a designated infringement notice provision.

Self - incrimination

  (6)   A person is not required to notify information under subsection   (1) if the information might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty.