Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Radio) Bill 2022

Type: Government
Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 47

Summary

Amends the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 to: provide for applications for renewals of an existing community broadcasting licence to be considered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as a current service and not a proposed new service; enable the ACMA to grant community broadcasting licences and temporary community broadcasting licences with effect from a specified future date; amend the criteria for new temporary community broadcasting licences; enable the ACMA to limit the number of temporary community broadcasting licences that can share a particular frequency; provide for deadlines for late applications for the renewal of a community licence; and provide for expedited timelines for the ACMA to commence a process to allocate new community broadcasting licences.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	27 Oct 2022
Second reading moved	27 Oct 2022
Second reading debate	29 Nov 2022
Referred to Federation Chamber	30 Nov 2022
Second reading debate	30 Nov 2022
Second reading agreed to	30 Nov 2022
Reported from Federation Chamber	30 Nov 2022
Third reading agreed to	30 Nov 2022

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	01 Dec 2022
Second reading moved	01 Dec 2022
Second reading debate	01 Dec 2022
Second reading agreed to	01 Dec 2022
Third reading agreed to	01 Dec 2022


Finally passed both Houses	01 Dec 2022
Assent Act no: 91 Year: 2022	13 Dec 2022

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No proposed amendments have been circulated.

Schedules of amendments

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Notes

Considered by scrutiny committee (23/11/2022): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 1 of 2023
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

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