Department of Communications and the Arts Title of regulatory proposal Reason for Implementation Date PIR PIR status PIR date Published Description of regulatory proposal Broadcasting & Datacasting Services (Parental Lock) Technical Standard Completed Apr 2011 Dec 2013 Published Requiring particular digital television reception equipment to have parental lock capabilities. Convergence Review Completed Australian Content Requirements for Commercial E/c Nov 2012 Jan 2017 Television Broadcasters. Published Providing permanent spectrum for community Not E/c .. .. television services on the sixth channel. Implementedb Not Repeal of the per cent rule. E/c .. .. “75 Implementedb Extension of Telstra Retail Price Controls to June 2014a Completed E/c Jun 2012 Oct 2015 Published Extending retail price controls on Telstra fixed-line telephone services to June 2014. Problem Gambling Completed Jul 2013 May Published Ban the promotion of live odds during sports coverage National Broadband Network (NBN) Decisionsa Decisions in response to the establishment of the Completed E/c Apr 2009 May 2016 NBN Published Decisions in response to NBN Completed E/c Dec 2010 May 2016 review Published a These matters were originally reported under the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. However, on 18 September 2013 the Department was renamed the Department of Communications. On 21 September 2015 the Department was renamed the Department of Communications and the Arts. b The Department of Communications and the Arts has confirmed that the proposal does not reflect Government policy and will not be implemented. As such this PIR does not need to be completed. C The deputy secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts certified a letter to the effect that a recent Regulatory Impact Statement on Gambling Advertising covering the reforms to gambling advertising with the broadcast of live sports events [assessed by the OBPR as best practice on 2 June 2017], satisfies `the best practice regulatory requirements for a PIR’. E/c Exceptional circumstances were granted by the Prime Minister. .. Not applicable Department of Defence Title of regulatory proposal Reason for Implementation Date PIR PIR status PIR date Published Description of regulatory proposal Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty with the United States Removes the administrative delays associated with the Completed Jun 2013 May 2016 existing Australian and US export licensing systems, Published while ensuring that sensitive defence technology is appropriately protected. Woomera Prohibited Area Completed E/c Aug 2014 Apr 2017 Establishes a regulatory framework to administer Published access to the Woomera Prohibited Area.
Department of Communications and the Arts Title of regulatory proposal Description of regulatory proposal Reason for PIR Implementation date Date PIR Published PIR status Broadcasting & Datacasting Services (Parental Lock) Technical Standard Requiring particular digital television reception equipment to have parental lock capabilities. Apr 2011 Dec 2013 Completed Published Convergence Review Australian Content Requirements for Commercial Television Broadcasters. E/c Nov 2012 Jan 2017 Completed Published Providing permanent spectrum for community television services on the sixth channel. E/c Not Implementedb .. .. Repeal of the “75 per cent rule. E/c Not Implementedb .. .. Extension of Telstra Retail Price Controls to June 2014a Extending retail price controls on Telstra fixed-line telephone services to June 2014. E/c Jun 2012 Oct 2015 Completed Published Problem Gambling Ban the promotion of live odds during sports coverage Jul 2013 May Completed Published National Broadband Network (NBN) Decisionsa Decisions in response to the establishment of the NBN E/c Apr 2009 May 2016 Completed Published Decisions in response to NBN review E/c Dec 2010 May 2016 Completed Published a These matters were originally reported under the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. However, on 18 September 2013 the Department was renamed the Department of Communications. On 21 September 2015 the Department was renamed the Department of Communications and the Arts. b The Department of Communications and the Arts has confirmed that the proposal does not reflect Government policy and will not be implemented. As such this PIR does not need to be completed. C The deputy secretary of the Department of Communications and the Arts certified a letter to the effect that a recent Regulatory Impact Statement on Gambling Advertising covering the reforms to gambling advertising with the broadcast of live sports events [assessed by the OBPR as best practice on 2 June 2017], satisfies `the best practice regulatory requirements for a PIR’. E/c Exceptional circumstances were granted by the Prime Minister. .. Not applicable Department of Defence Title of regulatory proposal Description of regulatory proposal Reason for PIR Implementation date Date PIR Published PIR status Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty with the United States Removes the administrative delays associated with the existing Australian and US export licensing systems, while ensuring that sensitive defence technology is appropriately protected. Jun 2013 May 2016 Completed Published Woomera Prohibited Area Establishes a regulatory framework to administer access to the Woomera Prohibited Area. E/c Aug 2014 Apr 2017 Completed Published
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