3.5 Privacy 3.5.1 In broadcasting a news Program or Current Affairs Program, a Licensee must not broadcast material relating to a person’s personal or private affairs or which invades a person’s privacy, unless: a) there is a public interest reason for the material to be broadcast; or b) the person has provided implicit or explicit consent for the material to be broadcast (or in the case of a pers. [...] 4.1.3 A disclosure may be made in one or more of the following ways: a) during the Factual Program; or b) in the closing credits of the Factual Program; or c) in a billboard appearing directly before, during or after the Factual Program; or d) on the official website of the Factual Program; or e) any other way that adequately brings the arrangement to the attention of viewers. [...] a spoken or visual listing/line-up or depiction of Programs to be broadcast; l) a brief announcement of the next Program (“next-on”); m) a movie opener, namely a brief introductory sequence to a feature film which typically identifies the station and the film to be presented; n) a Station ID, provided that there is no reference to the day and/or time of broadcast of any Program or Programs; o) a p. [...] 7.3.6 If a Code Complaint is about a broadcast that the Licensee is aware is the subject of threatened or formal proceedings in any Court or Tribunal in Australia, where the Licensee or any of its agents or employees is a party or intended party, then the Licensee may choose not to treat the matter as a Code Complaint, provided that the Licensee acknowledges receipt of the complaint in writing and. [...] It will also depend on such factors as the merit of the production, the purpose of a sequence, the tone, the camera work, the relevance of the material, and the treatment; be it dramatic, comedic or documentary.
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Table of Contents
- Application Commencement 4
- Classification and Proscribed Material 5
- 2.1 Classification General rules 5
- 2.2 Classification zones 5
- 2.3 Exceptions 5
- 2.3 Exception 5
- 2.4 Special care requirements for non-Program material 8
- 2.5 Viewer information 9
- 2.6 Material not suitable for broadcast 9
- News and Current Affairs 11
- 3.1 Scope and Interpretation 11
- 3.2 Material which may cause distress 11
- 3.3 Accuracy and fairness 11
- 3.4 Impartiality 12
- 3.5 Privacy 12
- 3.6 Program Promotions for news and Current Affairs Programs 13
- Disclosure of Commercial Arrangements 14
- Advertising Limits 15
- 5.1 Non-Program matter 15
- 5.2 Exempt non-Program matter 15
- 5.3 Hourly limits Primary Commercial Television Broadcasting Services 17
- 5.4 Hourly Limits Multi-channels 17
- 5.5 Make-Up of Non-Program Matter from Certain Broadcasts 18
- 5.6 Assessing compliance with advertising limits 18
- 5.7 Additional requirements 19
- Advertising restrictions 20
- 6.1 Application 20
- 6.2 Alcoholic Drinks 20
- 6.3 Intimate products and services 20
- 6.4 Films and computer games 20
- 6.5 Betting and gambling 21
- Feedback and Complaints 22
- 7.1 Feedback 22
- 7.2 Code Complaints 22
- 7.3 Responding to Code Complaints 23
- 7.4 Transparency 24
- Interpretation 25
- Appendix 1 Television Classification Guidelines 29
- Appendix 2 Television Station Contacts for Code Complaints 33
- Appendix 3 Restrictions on Promotion of Odds and Commercials relating to Betting and Gambling which are broadcast during a Live Sporting Event 34
