Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018

One or more broadcasting transmission assets are a critical broadcasting asset if:

the broadcasting transmission assets are:

owned or operated by the same entity; and

located on a site that, in accordance with subsection (2), is a critical transmission site; or

the broadcasting transmission assets are:

owned or operated by the same entity; and

located on at least 50 different sites; and

not broadcasting re‑transmission assets; or

the broadcasting transmission assets are owned or operated by an entity that, in accordance with subsection (3), is critical to the transmission of a broadcasting service.

The rules may prescribe that a specified critical broadcasting asset is not a critical infrastructure asset (see section 9).

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the rules may prescribe:

specified sites that are critical transmission sites; or

requirements for sites to be critical transmission sites.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the rules may prescribe:

specified entities that are critical to the transmission of a broadcasting service; or

requirements for an entity to be critical to the transmission of a broadcasting service.