Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022

Amendment of section 106 of Principal Act

33. Section 106 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (3)—

(i) by the substitution of “Subject to subsections (3A) and (3B)” for “Subject to the requirements of section 41(2)”,

(ii) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “advertisements,” for “advertisements, and”,

(iii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “hour, and” for “hour.”, and

(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) for audiovisual broadcasting services, the time allowed for broadcasting advertisements in the period between 06. 00 and 18. 00 and in the period between 18. 00 and 24. 00 each day.”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

“(3A) For sound broadcasting services—

(a) the time fixed under subsection (3)(a), shall not exceed 15 per cent of the total daily broadcasting time, and

(b) the period fixed under subsection (3)(b), shall not exceed 10 minutes in any hour.

(3B) The time fixed under subsection (3)(c) shall not exceed 20 per cent of the time in each period.

(3C) A failure to comply with subsection (3) shall be a contravention for the purposes of Part 8B.”,

and

(c) by the deletion of subsection (7).