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2008
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2008
No. , 2008
(Senator Allison)
A Bill for an Act to prohibit disruptive advertising during SBS television programs, and for related purposes
Contents
A Bill for an Act to prohibit disruptive advertising during SBS television programs, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Act 2008.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Object
The object of this Act is to prohibit the interruption of programming on SBS television by restricting advertising to the period between the completion of one program and the commencement of another program.
4 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1--Amendment of the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991
1 Paragraph 45(2)(a)
Omit ", after programs end or during natural program breaks", substitute "or after programs end".
2 After section 45
Insert:
45A Non-program-content
(1) The SBS must not interrupt a televised program for non-program-content (NPC).
(2) For the purposes of this section, NPC is taken to mean any material that is separate from the program being broadcast such as, but not limited to, advertisements, sponsorship announcements, community service announcements, station promotional material, program promotional material and similar material.
Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2008 No. , 2008
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