ARCHIVED - Public Notice CRTC 1996-72
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Ottawa, 4 June 1996
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Public Notice CRTC 1996-72
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Proposed Amendments to the Broadcasting Information Regulations, 1993 - Filing of Annual Returns
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The licensees of most broadcasting undertakings - radio, television, cable, pay and specialty - are subject to requirements concerning, among other things, the submission of annual returns to the Commission. These reporting requirements are set out in regulations that pertain to specific classes of licence.
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Licensees who are not required by any other set of regulations made under the Broadcasting Act (the Act) to submit an annual return form to the Commission, are required to do so by the Broadcasting Information Regulations, 1993 (the BIR).
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Having reviewed information submitted to it in accordance with the BIR, the Commission considers that, as a general rule, licensees of broadcasting undertakings who are not captured by the reporting requirements of other regulations should continue to file annual return forms, with the exception of the licensees of those undertakings that do not charge a fee, either directly or indirectly, to subscribers.
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The Commission is satisfied that it can adequately assess the performance by licensees of such non-subscription-based undertakings in meeting their obligations set out in the Act, without requiring them to submit annual return forms. The Commission notes that virtually all of the non-subscription-based broadcasting undertakings that are not subject to other regulations, and are thus subject to the current requirements of the BIR, are radiocommunication distribution undertakings that rebroadcast one or more television and/or radio signals to residents of small or remote communities, and are licensed to local community associations, societies or individuals. In light of the above, the Commission proposes to amend the BIR in order to remove the requirement that licensees of these undertakings file an annual return form. The proposed amendments are annexed to this public notice.
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Interested parties wishing to comment on the proposed amendment to the BIR must send their written submissions to the Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2 on or before Monday, 8 July 1996. While receipt of submissions will not be acknowledged, they will be considered by the Commission and will form part of the public record of the proceeding.
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Allan J. Darling Secretary General |
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