{"id":"F2005B00614","name":"Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio","slug":"licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32070,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00614-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Endnotes","sectionType":"section","heading":"Endnotes","content":"#### Endnotes\n\nEndnote 1 – About the endnotes\n\nThe endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.\n\nEndnote 2 (Abbreviation key) sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.\n\nEndnote 3 (Legislation history) provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.\n\nEndnote 4 (Amendment history) provides information about the amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level and includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nIt also includes information about any misdescribed amendment (that is, an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made). If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history. If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.\n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\n| ad = added or inserted                        |     |\n| --------------------------------------------- | --- |\n| am = amended                                  |     |\n| rep. = repealedrs. = repealed and substituted |     |\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name                                                                                                     | Registration or Notification in Gazette | Commencement      | Application, saving and transitional provisions |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |\n| Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah (Radio) – July 1998                                                         | 22 July 1998(F2005B00614)               | 22 July 1998      |                                                 |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Gunnedah Radio – 2016 (No. 1)                                           | 5 July 2016(F2016L01165)                | 6 July 2016       |                                                 |\n| Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (Consequential Amendments) Instrument 2017 (No. 1) | 29 September 2017(F2017L01299)          | 30 September 2017 |                                                 |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation history shows the original 1998 Licence Area Plan was subsequently varied (6 July 2016) and subject to consequential technical-planning amendments (30 September 2017). Those entries indicate the plan's content or technical application was altered; full scope of change requires inspecting the listed amending instruments (Endnote 3)."},"complexity_factors":["Contains only endnotes and metadata, not the operative licence-area provisions (Endnote 1)","Legislation history records multiple amending instruments across years (1998, 2016, 2017) requiring users to consult several texts (Endnote 3)","Abbreviation key formatting is sparse and partly misaligned, which can create ambiguity for readers (Endnote 2)","Endnotes reference application, saving and transitional provisions but do not reproduce their full text, requiring cross-checking with the amending instruments (Endnote 3)","References to amendment and compilation practice mean legal effect depends on other documents and commencement entries"],"plain_english_summary":"This compilation contains the endnotes for the Licence Area Plan — Gunnedah (Radio). It records what the compilation includes, an abbreviation key, and a legislation history listing the original plan (22 July 1998) and later amendments (variation 6 July 2016; consequential amendments 30 September 2017).\n\nThe endnotes matter to Gunnedah radio licensees, regulators and legal researchers because they identify commencement dates and note where application, saving or transitional provisions may affect when amended obligations take effect."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"The provided text is only the endnotes/metadata section of a compiled instrument. It contains no substantive legislative provisions, definitions, or operative text - only information about compilation history, abbreviations, and amendment tracking. This is a navigation/ancillary page, not the actual Licence Area Plan content.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The document appears to be a standard compilation endnote page for a Licence Area Plan. There is no evidence in the provided text that the scope has expanded beyond its original purpose of regulating radio broadcasting technical parameters in the Gunnedah area."},"complexity_factors":["Document is purely metadata/endnotes with no substantive legislative provisions shown","Only contains abbreviation keys and amendment history tables","No defined terms, operative provisions, or conditional logic visible in the provided text","Refers to underlying technical planning instruments but does not reproduce them"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **compiled version** of the rules that determine where radio stations can broadcast in and around Gunnedah, a town in New South Wales. Specifically, it sets out the **Licence Area Plan (LAP)** for radio services in that region.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Defines the geographic boundaries (the \"licence area\") where radio broadcasters in Gunnedah are allowed to operate\n- Establishes technical parameters like transmission power and frequencies to prevent radio stations from interfering with each other\n- Ensures that different radio services (commercial, community, national broadcasters like the ABC) can coexist without signal overlap problems\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Radio stations broadcasting in the Gunnedah area\n- Companies applying for radio licences from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)\n- Listeners in the region, as it determines which radio services are available and how well they can be received\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWithout these plans, radio stations could broadcast on the same frequencies and create interference, making it impossible to listen clearly. The plan ensures orderly use of the radio spectrum (the range of frequencies used for broadcasting) so that communities get reliable radio services."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio","history":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-gunnedah-radio/documents"}}