{"id":"F2012L01856","name":"Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012","slug":"broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":89827,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01856-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Broadcasting Services Act 1992","sectionType":"part","heading":"Broadcasting Services Act 1992","content":"# Broadcasting Services Act 1992","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period ","sectionType":"part","heading":"Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012","content":"## Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012\n\nI, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 6A(2) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\nDated 7 September 2012\n\nSTEPHEN CONROY\n\nMinister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy\n\n1. Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Simulcast Period for Northern New South Wales TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.\n\n2. Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3. Definitions\n\nIn this Determination:\n\nACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;\n\nNorthern New South Wales TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan Northern NSW Analog Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Act; and\n\nsimulcast period has the same meaning as in paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition of ‘simulcast period’ in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.\n\n4. Determination\n\nThe simulcast period for the Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area is to run until and including 3 December 2013.","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1171},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Determination remains strictly limited to its original technical purpose of setting the simulcast period end date for the specified Northern NSW TV licence area, with no expansion beyond this administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 short sections total","Just 3 defined terms (ACMA, licence area, simulcast period)","Single operative provision with no conditional logic or exceptions","No internal cross-references beyond the empowering Act","Straightforward date specification with no calculations or triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination sets the **deadline for ending analog TV broadcasts** in the Northern New South Wales TV1 licence area (covering regions like Lismore and Grafton).\n\nDuring a **simulcast period**, TV stations must broadcast identical content using both old analog signals and new digital signals. This gives households time to upgrade their TVs or buy set-top boxes before the old system shuts down.\n\nThis law fixes the end of that transition period as **3 December 2013** for this specific region. After this date:\n- Broadcasters can stop analog transmissions\n- Viewers need digital-ready equipment to continue watching free-to-air TV\n\nThe Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) had already defined the geographical boundaries of this licence area in a separate plan."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012","history":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/broadcasting-services-simulcast-period-for-northern-new-south-wales-tv1-determination-no-1-2012/documents"}}