SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE ACT 1991 - SECT 6 Charter of the SBS

SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE ACT 1991 - SECT 6

  (1)   The principal function of the SBS is to provide multilingual and multicultural broadcasting and digital media services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians, and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society.

  (2)   The SBS, in performing its principal function, must:

  (a)   contribute to meeting the communications needs of Australia's multicultural society, including ethnic, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; and

  (b)   increase awareness of the contribution of a diversity of cultures to the continuing development of Australian society; and

  (c)   promote understanding and acceptance of the cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity of the Australian people; and

  (d)   contribute to the retention and continuing development of language and other cultural skills; and

  (e)   as far as practicable, inform, educate and entertain Australians in their preferred languages; and

  (f)   make use of Australia's diverse creative resources; and

  (g)   contribute to the overall diversity of Australian broadcasting and digital media services, particularly taking into account the contribution of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the community broadcasting sector; and

  (h)   contribute to extending the range of Australian broadcasting and digital media services, and reflect the changing nature of Australian society, by presenting many points of view and using innovative forms of expression.

  (3)   The principal function of the SBS under subsection   (1) and the duties imposed on the SBS under subsection   (2) constitute the Charter of the SBS.

  (4)   Nothing in this section imposes on the SBS a duty that is enforceable by proceedings in a court.

  (5)   A subsidiary function of the SBS is to carry on, within or outside Australia, any business or other activity incidental to the fulfilment of the Charter.