Radiocommunications Act 1989

Transitional provisions - Special provisions relating to Radio New Zealand Limited

175: Conditions of licences relating to the FM Concert Programme and National Radio

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"Rules for Using FM Concert Programme and National Radio Licences"

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You have a licence from Radio New Zealand for the FM Concert Programme or National Radio. This licence has some conditions that you must follow. You can find these conditions in the Telecommunications Act 1987 and the Radiocommunications Act. You must use the frequency for the FM Concert Programme or National Radio first. You cannot broadcast advertising programmes on these frequencies when they are used for these services, but you can include credits for sponsorships. You can read more about these services in section 174(1) and section 36 of the Broadcasting Act 1989. You must follow these conditions when you have a licence for these services. The conditions are part of your licence, and you must use the frequency for the right purpose. You can check the Radiocommunications Act for more information about spectrum licences.

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174: Radio New Zealand Limited entitled to certain frequencies, or

"Radio New Zealand can use certain radio frequencies for free"

176: Conditions to lapse if public funding ceases, or

"What happens to radio rules if public funding stops"

Part 16Transitional provisions
Special provisions relating to Radio New Zealand Limited

175Conditions of licences relating to the FM Concert Programme and National Radio

This section applies to the following licences in any case where the licence is or was granted to Radio New Zealand for the purposes of any service referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 174(1):
a radio licence granted under the Telecommunications Act 1987 that is deemed, on the commencement of this Act, to be a licence granted under Part 13:
a radio licence granted after the commencement of this Act:
a spectrum licence granted under section 48(b).

The following conditions shall be deemed to be incorporated into every licence to which this section applies:
that the first priority for the use of the frequency to which the licence relates shall be the broadcasting of—as each such service is for the time being required to be operated in accordance with the conditions on which funds are made available for that purpose by the Broadcasting Commission under section 36 of the Broadcasting Act 1989:
1. in the case of a licence that relates to the service known as the FM Concert Programme, that service:
2. in the case of a licence that relates to the service known as National Radio, that service,—
that no advertising programme shall be broadcast on the frequency to which the licence relates when that frequency is used for the purposes of any service referred to in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 174(1).

Nothing in subsection (2)(b) prevents the inclusion in any programme of a credit in respect of a sponsorship or underwriting arrangement entered into in relation to that programme.

Notes

Section 175(1)(a): amended, on 12 October 2001, by section 54 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).
Section 175(1)(b): amended, on 12 October 2001, by section 54 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).
Section 175(1)(c): amended, on 12 October 2001, by section 54 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).