Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT 1992 - SECT 96

  (1)   The ACMA may allocate to a person, on application in writing by the person, a subscription television broadcasting licence.

  (2)   Licences under subsection   (1) are to be allocated on the basis of one licence per service.

  (4)   Applications must:

  (a)   be in accordance with a form approved in writing by the ACMA; and

  (b)   be accompanied by the application fee determined by the ACMA.

  (5)   The ACMA must not allocate a subscription television broadcasting licence under this section if the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reported, within 30   days after being requested for a report under section   97, that, in the opinion of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the allocation of the licence to the applicant:

  (a)   would constitute a contravention of section   50 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 if the allocation of the licence were the acquisition by the applicant of an asset of a body corporate; and

  (b)   would not be authorised under section   88 of that Act if the applicant had applied for such an authorisation.

  (6)   If a licence is allocated under this section, the ACMA must publish in the Gazette the name of the successful applicant.