Broadcasting Services Act 1992

If:

a person is a party to a proposed transaction; and

the proposed transaction is subject to the condition that the ACMA enters a proposed media group in the Register; and

the person requests the ACMA to assume, for the purposes of this Subdivision, that the proposed transaction:

had been completed; and

were not subject to that condition; and

the ACMA is satisfied that:

the parties to the proposed transaction are acting in good faith; and

if the media group were to be entered in the Register on the basis of the assumption mentioned in paragraph (c)—the proposed transaction will be completed within 5 business days after the making of the relevant entry in the Register;

If:

a person is a party to a proposed transaction; and

the proposed transaction is subject to the condition that the ACMA removes a media group’s entry from the Register; and

the person requests the ACMA to assume, for the purposes of this Subdivision, that the proposed transaction:

had been completed; and

were not subject to that condition; and

the ACMA is satisfied that:

the parties to the proposed transaction are acting in good faith; and

if the media group’s entry were to be removed from the Register on the basis of the assumption mentioned in paragraph (c)—the proposed transaction will be completed within 5 business days after the removal of the relevant entry from the Register;

If:

a person is a party to a proposed transaction; and

the proposed transaction is subject to the condition that the ACMA alters a media group’s entry in the Register; and

the person requests the ACMA to assume, for the purposes of this Subdivision, that the proposed transaction:

had been completed; and

were not subject to that condition; and

the ACMA is satisfied that:

the parties to the proposed transaction are acting in good faith; and

if the media group’s entry in the Register were to be altered on the basis of the assumption mentioned in paragraph (c)—the proposed transaction will be completed within 5 business days after the making of the relevant alteration in the Register;

A request under subsection (1), (2) or (3) must be:

in a form approved in writing by the ACMA; and

accompanied by such information as the ACMA requires.

An approved form of a request may provide for verification by statutory declaration of information accompanying requests.