Bill
Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Primary Television Broadcasting Service) Bill 2015
passed, as at 2015-09-16. Communications portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-08-19
- second reading — 2015-08-19
- second reading — 2015-09-08
- second reading — 2015-09-08
- third reading — 2015-09-08
- introduced — 2015-09-09
- second reading — 2015-09-09
- second reading — 2015-09-09
- second reading — 2015-09-09
- third reading — 2015-09-09
- passed — 2015-09-09
- royal assent — 2015-09-16
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2015-08-19.
The bill would let commercial and national free-to-air television channels choose whether to broadcast their main channel in standard definition or high definition.
It removes the current legal requirement that the primary service must be in standard definition, and makes related changes to anti-siphoning and satellite licence rules.
The bill follows a 2015 review that found 96% of households can already receive high definition content.
- Allows free-to-air broadcasters to offer their primary service in either SD or HD.
- Updates the anti-siphoning regime to keep existing rules when a primary service is broadcast in HD.
- Makes minor amendments to section 41CA and Schedule 2 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 for satellite-licence services.
Commercial and national free-to-air broadcasters and their viewers.
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