C16

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), s. 40, not commenced as of date of revision.

F176[128D.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the Commission recommends to the Minister—

(a) that a specified audiovisual broadcasting service provided by a media service provider under the jurisdiction of the State be designated as a public service audiovisual broadcasting service for the purposes of section 128B or 128C, or

(b) that a specified audiovisual on-demand media service provided by a media service provider under the jurisdiction of the State be designated as a public service audiovisual on-demand media service for the purposes of section 128B or 128C,

the Minister may make an order designating the service accordingly.

(2) The Commission shall not make a recommendation under subsection (1), and the Minister shall not make an order under that subsection, unless satisfied that the service has the character of a public service.]