Federal Communications Senate
The Federal Communications Senate (BKS) was the highest broadcasting authority in Austria from 2001 to 2013, based in Vienna .
From 2001 to 2010, the Federal Communications Senate acted on the one hand as an appeal authority against decisions by the communications authority Austria (KommAustria) in regulatory matters for private broadcasting and on the other hand as the first and last-instance legal supervisory authority for Austrian broadcasting . When all first-instance responsibilities were transferred to KommAustria in October 2010, he was its appellate authority until December 31, 2013.
In the course of the introduction of administrative jurisdiction in Austria through the 2012 amendment to administrative jurisdiction, the Federal Communications Senate was dissolved with effect from December 31, 2013. Since then, the Federal Administrative Court has acted as an appeal authority against decisions by KommAustria.
The work of the Federal Communications Senate was based on the one hand on the KommAustria Act from 2001 (fundamentally amended in 2010) and on the other hand on the relevant substantive provisions of the ORF Act , the Audiovisual Media Services Act , the Private Radio Act and the Television Exclusive Rights Act .
The Federal Communications Senate was a collegial authority with judicial influence and consisted of five (part-time) members and just as many substitute members. Three members belonged to the judiciary. A department of the Federal Chancellery acted as the administrative office .
Appeals to the Constitutional Court and the Administrative Court were open against decisions by the Federal Communications Senate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Law Gazette I No. 51/2012 : Amendment to Administrative Courts 2012
