BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION (No. 3).

No. 92 of 1956.

An Act to amend the Law relating to Broadcasting and Television in consequence of the enactment of the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956.

[Assented to 15th November, 1956.]

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Broadcasting and Television Act (No. 3) 1956.

(2.) The Broadcasting Act 1942–1954, as amended by the Broadcasting and Television Act 1956 and by the Broadcasting and Television Act (No. 2) 1956,  is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.) Section one of the Broadcasting and Television Act (No. 2) 1956 is amended by omitting sub-section (4.).

(4.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Broadcasting and Television Act 1942–1956.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956 comes into operation.

Licence fees.

3. Section one hundred and twenty-eight of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (4.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-section :—

“(4.) In this section, ‘pensioner’ means a person who is in receipt of—

(a) a pension under Part III. or Part IV. of the Social Services Act 1947–1956;

(b) a service pension, or a pension in respect of total and permanent incapacity, under the Repatriation Act 1920–1956; or

(c) a pension in respect of total and permanent incapacity under the Repatriation (Far East Strategic Reserve) Act 1956.”.