{"id":"F2005B00768","name":"Licence Area Plan - Ipswich Radio","slug":"licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32202,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00768-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(generally section or equivalent) level and includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nIt also includes information about any misdescribed amendment (that is, an amendment that does not accurately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 = repealed and substituted |     |\n\n  \n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name                                                                                                     | Registration or Notification in Gazette | Commencement      | Application, saving and transitional provisions |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |\n| Licence Area Plan - Ipswich Radio - December 2000                                                        | 10 January 2001 (F2005B00768)           | 21 December 2000  |                                                 |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Ipswich Radio – No.1 of 2013                                            | 20 March 2013 (F2013L00509)             | 21 March 2013     |                                                 |\n| Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (Consequential Amendments) Instrument 2017 (No. 1) | 29 September 2017(F2017L01299)          | 30 September 2017 |                                                 |\n\n> Note: Endnote 4—Amendment history\n\n| Provision affected    | How affected                              |\n| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |\n| Title Page …………………..  | am. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Page 1 ……………………...    | am. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Clause (1) ………………….   | ad. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Clause (2) ………………….   | ad. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Clause (3) ………………….   | ad. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Clause (4) ………………….   | ad. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Clause (5) ………………….   | ad. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Schedule One ……………..  | rs. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Schedule Two ……………..  | am. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Schedule Three ……………  | rs. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Attachment 1.1 ……………. | rs. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Attachment 1.2 ……………. | rep. var. No.1 of 2013.                   |\n| Attachment 1.3 ……………. | am. var. No.1 of 2013; am. No .1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 2.1 ……………. | rs. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Attachment 2.2 ……………. | am. var. No.1 of 2013; am. No .1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 3.1 ……………. | rs. var. No.1 of 2013.                    |\n| Attachment 3.2 ……………. | rs. var. No.1 of 2013; am. No .1 of 2017. |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendments recorded in the endnotes appear to be updates, replacements and technical/formatting changes to schedules and attachments (maps and technical parameters), and consequential amendments to align with updated technical planning guidelines. There is no indication in the endnotes that the Plan's fundamental purpose (to define the licence area and associated technical planning parameters for Ipswich Radio) has been expanded beyond that original scope."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple amending instruments across 17 years (2000 original, 2013 variation, 2017 consequential amendments)","Amendment history lists many different actions: added (ad), amended (am), replaced (rs), repealed (rep) across clauses, schedules and attachments","Several attachments identified (Attachment 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2) with mixed actions (some replaced, some repealed, some amended)","Cross‑reference to external instrument: Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (2017), creating consequential changes","Endnotes structure requires checking external amending instruments and the replaced attachments to determine present operative provisions (compilation does not include full transitional detail)","Absence of substantive Plan text in the supplied excerpt — the complexity to a user arises from locating and reconciling multiple documents and attachments"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this document is**\n\n- This is the compilation endnotes for the \"Licence Area Plan — Ipswich Radio\". The text you provided does not include the Plan's substantive clauses or maps; it contains the explanatory endnotes that describe how the Plan has been compiled and how it has been amended over time.\n\n**What the Plan (in substance) does, mechanically**\n\n- A licence area plan for a radio service defines the geographic area, and the technical planning parameters, that apply to a particular broadcast licence. The Plan normally contains schedules and attachments (maps, technical parameters, transmitter sites, and coordinates) that tell a licensee where and how it may broadcast.\n\n**What the endnotes you supplied do**\n\n- They explain: how the compilation works (Endnote 1); the abbreviation key used in the endnotes (Endnote 2); the chronological legislation history (Endnote 3) showing the original Plan and later amending instruments; and the clause‑by‑clause amendment history (Endnote 4) showing which clauses, schedules and attachments were added, amended, replaced or repealed.\n- The legislation history entry shows three instruments affecting the Plan: the original Plan (21 December 2000), a Variation No. 1 (21 March 2013), and consequential amendments tied to the Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (30 September 2017). The amendment history lists which pages, clauses, schedules and attachments were changed (for example: Schedule One was replaced in 2013; Attachment 1.2 was repealed in 2013; some attachments were amended in 2017).\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- Primary: the licence holder for Ipswich Radio — they must comply with the Plan's geographic and technical limits.\n- Secondary: competing or neighbouring broadcasters, broadcast engineers and planners, prospective licensees, spectrum managers and the regulator who administers licence plans. Local stakeholders may be affected indirectly by changes in coverage.\n\n**Why it matters (practical effects and how it changes behaviour)**\n\n- Coverage and commercial reach: the Plan determines the area a licensee can serve; changes to attachments or maps can expand or contract audience reach and therefore commercial opportunity.\n- Technical compliance and costs: amendments to technical attachments can force licensees to alter transmitter sites, change power levels or invest in equipment to meet new parameters. Those are costs borne by the licensee; the regulator bears administrative costs of producing and publishing variations.\n- Competition and entry: by changing where a licence can cover, the Plan changes the competitive landscape (who can economically target certain listeners). That effect is concentrated on the licensee and nearby broadcasters; costs are often diffuse among listeners and competitors.\n- Regulatory decision and discretion: the regulator (or the body that issues the Plan) decides and records changes; affected parties must monitor and adapt to those decisions. The endnotes show the record of those decisions but not the substantive reasons for them.\n\n**Trade-offs, implementation risks and compliance burdens (based on what these endnotes reveal)**\n\n- Trade-offs: clearer, updated technical attachments improve interference management and planning certainty, but may require infrastructure changes and capital expenditure by the licensee.\n- Implementation risk: because this compilation refers to replacement and repealed attachments scattered across multiple amending instruments (2013 and 2017), readers need to consult the actual attachments and the amending instruments to understand current technical limits. The endnotes do not include transitional detail; so there is a risk of missing operative transitional or saving provisions unless the full instruments are checked.\n- Compliance burden: licensees and engineers must consult the current Plan and the listed amending instruments and attachments to be certain of the operative technical rules.\n\n**Where to look next**\n\n- To know the exact current boundaries and technical parameters you must open the Plan's schedules and attachments referenced here (the replacement schedules/attachments and the 2013 and 2017 instruments). The endnotes serve as a navigation tool pointing to those substantive pages and amending instruments (Endnote 3 and Endnote 4)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"This is a navigation/metadata page (endnotes/compilation information) rather than substantive legislation. It contains no actual legal rules, rights, or obligations - only a history of amendments to the real Licence Area Plan document. The actual Ipswich Radio Licence Area Plan content (schedules, maps, technical specifications) is not included here.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard compilation endnotes document that serves its original intended purpose of tracking amendment history. It has not expanded beyond its administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Document is purely administrative/metadata - just a change log","Uses standardised abbreviation system (only 4 abbreviations defined)","Simple tabular format with only 3 amendment events across 17 years","No substantive legal provisions, definitions, or conditional logic","No cross-references to other legislation (other than naming the amending instruments)","Highly structured but minimal actual content - essentially a version control table"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **compilation endnotes page** for the *Licence Area Plan - Ipswich Radio*. It is not the actual legislation itself, but rather a technical appendix that tracks changes made to the plan over time.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Records the history of amendments (changes) to the Ipswich Radio Licence Area Plan since its original creation in December 2000\n- Lists three versions: the original 2000 plan, a 2013 variation, and a 2017 technical amendment\n- Uses abbreviations to explain what happened to each section (\"am\" = amended, \"rs\" = repealed and substituted, \"ad\" = added, \"rep\" = repealed)\n- Tracks which specific pages, clauses, schedules, and attachments were modified in each update\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Radio broadcasters operating in the Ipswich area (west of Brisbane)\n- Communications lawyers and ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) staff who need to know the legislative history\n- Anyone researching the technical planning framework for radio broadcasting in that region\n\n**Why it matters:**\nLicence Area Plans determine where radio stations can broadcast, their coverage areas, and technical specifications. This endnotes page helps users understand which version of the rules applies and what has changed over 17+ years, but it does not contain the actual broadcasting rules themselves."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio","history":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-ipswich-radio/documents"}}