Broadcasting Act 1942

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox legislation |short_title = Broadcasting Act 1942 |legislature = Parliament of Australia |image = Coat of Arms of Australia.svg |imagesize = |imagealt = |caption = |long_title = |citation = Australian Broadcasting Act 1942 (No 33 of 1942)<ref name="ComLaw - Broadcasting Act 1942 Series"/> |territorial_extent = |enacted_by = |date_enacted = |date_passed = |enacted_by2 = |date_enacted2 = |date_passed2 = |date_assented = |royal_assent = 12 June 1942<ref name="ComLaw - Broadcasting Act 1942 Series"/> |date_signed = |signed_by = |date_commenced = |date_of_expiry = |date_repealed = 5 October 1992<ref name="ComLaw - Broadcasting Act 1942 Series"/> |administered_by = |bill = |bill_citation = |bill_date = |introduced_by = |1st_reading = |2nd_reading = |3rd_reading = |conf_committee_passed = |committee_report = |bill2 = |bill_citation2 = |bill_date2 = |introduced_by2 = |1st_reading2 = |2nd_reading2 = |3rd_reading2 = |conf_committee_passed2 = |committee_report2 = |date_conf_committee = |white_paper = |amendments = |repeals = |related_legislation = |summary = |keywords = |status = repealed }} The '''Broadcasting Act 1942''' was an Act of the Parliament of Australia, passed in the first ministry of the 14th Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin.<ref name="National Museum of Australia - Prime Ministers of Australia - John Curtin">{{cite web|url=http://www.nma.gov.au/primeministers/john_curtin|title=Prime Ministers of Australia - John Curtin|publisher=National Museum of Australia|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> It was amended by the ''Broadcasting and Television Amendment Act 1985'' <ref name="ComLaw - Broadcasting Act 1942 Series">{{cite web|url=http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C1942A00033|title= Broadcasting Act 1942 Series|publisher=ComLaw|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> and the ''Broadcasting (Ownership and Control) Act 1988''.<ref name="Parliamentary Library - Media Ownership Regulation in Australia - 30 May 2006 update ">{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Publications_Archive/archive/mediaregulation|title=Parliamentary Library - Media Ownership Regulation in Australia|date=30 May 2006|work=Library of the Parliament of Australia|publisher=Parliament of Australia|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref> The act was repealed in 1992 and replaced by the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.<ref name="Australian Law Reform Commission - National Classification Scheme Review (DP 77)">{{cite web|url=http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/2-current-classification-scheme/broadcasting-services-act|title=The Current Classification Scheme - National Classification Scheme Review (DP 77)|date=30 September 2011|publisher=Australian Law Reform Commission|accessdate=7 December 2014}}</ref>

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Category:Acts of the Parliament of Australia Category:1942 in Australian law