Competition and Consumer Act 2010

If the ACMA considers that the requirement in subsection (2) is met, the ACMA must:

if the news business is not already a registered news business—register the news business; and

if the applicant corporation is not already a registered news business corporation—register the applicant corporation; and

endorse the applicant corporation as the registered news business corporation for the news business.

The requirement in this subsection is met if:

the application is in accordance with subsection 52F(2); and

if the news business is not already a registered news business—none of the news sources set out in the application in accordance with paragraph 52F(2)(b) form part of another news business that is a registered news business; and

if the news business is not already a registered news business—all of the following requirements are met in relation to the news business:

the requirement in subsection 52N(1) (the content test);

the requirement in subsection 52O(1) (the Australian audience test);

the requirement in subsection 52P(1) (the professional standards test); and

if the applicant corporation is not already a registered news business corporation—the applicant corporation meets the requirement in subsection 52M(1) (the revenue test); and

the applicant corporation meets the requirement in section 52L (connection between applicant corporation and news business) in relation to the news business.

The ACMA must publish details of each registration and endorsement on the ACMA’s website (including details of the applicant corporation’s point of contact for the purposes of section 52Z).