Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Attorney-General, Senator the Hon George Brandis QC)Schedule 5 - Spent and obsolete provisions
74 This Schedule contains items that repeal spent and obsolete provisions and make amendments consequential on the repeals.
Items 1 and 2
75 Items 1 and 2 are related. Section 130ZT of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 sets annual captioning targets for 2012-13 and 2013-14 for commercial television broadcasting licensees. Section 130ZU of that Act sets annual captioning targets for 2012-13 and 2013-14 for national broadcasters. Those financial years have now ended. The provisions are therefore spent. Item 1 repeals them. Subsections 130ZUAA(5) and (6) of that Act provide for situations where those targets did not apply for those financial years. Therefore those provisions are also now spent. Item 2 repeals them.
Items 3 to 5
76 Items 3 to 5 are related. Subsection 13(1) of the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 provides for the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 to be amended as set out in Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990. That Schedule has made the relevant amendment and is now spent. Item 5 repeals it. Item 4 repeals subsection 13(1) of the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 as it is also spent. Section 13 of the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 contains one other provision, a transitional provision in subsection 13(2). Item 3 remakes the section heading to better reflect the remaining content of the section.
Item 6
77 Item 6 repeals the redundant section 218 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992. That section is redundant as it provides that the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) must include in each annual report prepared under section 242 of that Act for a financial year a report on the operation of Part 4.3 during that year. However, section 242 has been repealed, so section 218 is now redundant.
Item 7
78 Item 7 repeals the redundant section 127 of the Telecommunications Act 1997. That section is redundant as it provides that the ACMA must not determine an industry standard during the first 180 days after the commencement of that section. More than 180 days have elapsed since that section commenced.