{"id":"F2005B00617","name":"Licence Area Plan – Kempsey Radio","slug":"licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32075,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00617-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(generally section or equivalent) level and includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nIt also includes information about any misdescribed amendment (that is, an amendment that does not accurately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 = repealed and substituted |     |\n\n  \n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name                                                                                       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 – Kempsey Radio – October 1998                                                         | 16 March 2005(F2005B00617)              | 22 October 1998   |                                                 |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Kempsey Radio – No. 1 of 2014                                           | 22 December 2014(F2014L01791)           | 23 December 2014  |                                                 |\n| Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (Consequential Amendments) Instrument 2017 (No. 1) | 29 September 2017(F2017L01299)          | 30 September 2017 |                                                 |\n\nEndnote 4—Amendment history\n\n| Provision affected       | How affected                          |\n| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- |\n| Title...............     | am. No.1 of 2014.                     |\n| Clause (1)...........    | rs No. 1 of 2014.                     |\n| Clause (2)...........    | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Clause (3)...........    | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Clause (4)...........    | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Clause (5)...........    | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Clause (6)...........    | ad. No. 1 of 2014                     |\n| Schedules                |                                       |\n| Introductory text....... | rep. No. 1 of 2014.                   |\n| Schedule One.........    | rs No. 1 of 2014.                     |\n| Schedule Two.........    | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Schedule Three........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Schedule Four.........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Attachment 1.1........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Attachment 1.2........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.3........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.4........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.5........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.6........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.7........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.8........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.9........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.10.......   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 1.11.......   | ad. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 2.1........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Attachment 2.2........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 3.1........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Attachment 3.2........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 4.1........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014.                    |\n| Attachment 4.2........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 4.3........   | rs. No. 1 of 2014; am. No. 1 of 2017. |\n| Attachment 4.4........   | ad. No. 1 of 2014; 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":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The available amendment record indicates the 2014 instrument largely substituted and reorganised the Plan’s clauses, schedules and attachments and 2017 amendments updated technical attachments to align with new technical planning guidelines. Those changes appear to be technical and structural updates (maps, technical parameters, formatting and alignment with updated technical guidelines) rather than an expansion of the fundamental regulatory scope (i.e. the instrument continues to define the Kempsey licence area and its technical planning details). Therefore, while the Plan was materially revised and maintained, there is no clear indication in the Endnotes that its core scope (defining the licence area and associated technical requirements) was broadened beyond the original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple iterations/amendments across three instruments (1998 original, Variation No.1 of 2014, consequential amendments 2017)","Large number of attachments referenced: Attachment 1.1–1.11, Attachment 2.1–2.2, Attachment 3.1–3.2, Attachment 4.1–4.4 (19 attachments listed in Endnote 4)","Four Schedules (Schedule One–Four) and an amended introductory text (per Endnote 4)","Several clauses amended or replaced (clauses (1)–(6) and clause (6) added in 2014) implying conditional and phased changes","Cross-reference to external technical instrument: Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (2017) (creates dependency on another legislative instrument)","Mixture of substitutions, additions and consequential amendments (rs., ad., am.) increases cross-referencing and interpretive steps","Possible technical complexity inside each attachment (engineering specs, maps, coordinates) even though those details are not reproduced in the Endnotes"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this document is and what it does**\n\n- **This is a Licence Area Plan (LAP) for Kempsey Radio.** A LAP is a legal instrument that defines the geographic area, technical parameters and related planning details that guide the allocation and operation of a particular broadcast licence.\n\n- **Mechanically, the plan does the following:**\n  - Specifies the licence area for Kempsey Radio (the geographic boundary within which the licence is intended to serve).\n  - Includes technical attachments and schedules that set out planning details such as transmitter sites, technical parameters, maps, coordinates and other engineering information used for frequency planning and interference assessment. (Those details appear in the numbered Attachments and Schedules listed in the amendment history.)\n  - Is used by the regulator when issuing, varying or enforcing broadcast licences and when planning radiofrequency use in the region.\n\n**Who this affects**\n\n- **Primary:** existing and prospective radio licence holders for the Kempsey service (they must comply with the area and technical parameters set out in the Plan).\n- **Secondary:** broadcast engineers and equipment suppliers (who must implement the technical specifications), licence applicants and brokers, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) which uses the Plan to make licensing and planning decisions.\n\n**Why it matters (official purpose and practical effects)**\n\n- The document’s stated purpose (as with other LAPs) is to provide clarity and an enforceable specification for where and how a licensed radio service may operate, and to support technical planning to avoid harmful interference. (See Endnote 3—Legislation history.)\n\n- Testing that purpose against likely costs, incentives and trade-offs:\n  - Who pays: the licence holder bears the direct costs of meeting the Plan’s technical requirements (equipment, site works, possible retuning or relocation). ACMA bears regulatory and enforcement costs funded from the usual budget/fees.\n  - Behaviour changed: broadcasters must locate transmitters and set technical parameters consistent with the Plan; applicants are constrained to seek licences that serve the Plan’s defined area; engineers must design systems to meet the specified parameters.\n  - Competition and entry: tying a licence to a defined geographic area and technical plan restricts where a licensee may offer service, which concentrates benefits for the licensee but may limit entrants seeking to serve adjacent or overlapping audiences without a separate licence or plan change.\n  - Compliance burden & implementation risk: the number of detailed attachments and cross-references to technical guidelines increases the need for technical compliance and for ACMA to monitor and enforce; changes to attachments create administrative overhead for licensees and for the regulator.\n\n**What changed in this version (mechanical update, not a political claim)**\n\n- The Endnotes show the original LAP was dated 22 October 1998. A variation (No. 1 of 2014) substantially substituted many clauses, schedules and attachments, and consequential amendments followed in 2017 to align attachments with the Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines. (See Endnote 3—Legislation history and Endnote 4—Amendment history.)\n\n**Practical pointers for affected parties**\n\n- Licence holders should review the current Attachments and Schedules to confirm transmitter locations, power and other technical limits before making equipment or coverage decisions.\n- Prospective applicants should treat the Plan as a binding constraint on the service area they can promise to serve and model costs of compliance accordingly.\n- Any change to service area, transmitter parameters or broader policy likely requires formal amendment of the LAP or reliance on ACMA’s discretion under the relevant broadcasting rules.\n\n(References: Endnote 3—Legislation history; Endnote 4—Amendment history — which list the 1998 original, the 2014 variation that replaced many parts, and the 2017 consequential technical amendments.)"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":2,"rejection_reason":"This is a navigation/metadata page (endnotes/compilation history) for the Licence Area Plan – Kempsey Radio. It contains no substantive legislative content — only amendment tracking tables and abbreviation keys. The actual licence area plan provisions (clauses, schedules, technical specifications) are not included in this extract.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard compilation endnotes page, which by design only tracks amendment history. It does not represent the substantive scope of the underlying Licence Area Plan legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Document is purely administrative/metadata — no substantive legal provisions","Simple tabular format with standard abbreviations (ad., am., rep., rs.)","No defined terms, conditional logic, or cross-references to legislation","Straightforward chronological listing of amendments","Only 3 amending instruments tracked across 19 years"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **compilation endnotes page** for the *Licence Area Plan – Kempsey Radio*. It doesn't contain the actual rules about radio broadcasting in Kempsey, NSW — instead, it's a technical appendix that tracks the history of changes to those rules.\n\n**What it actually shows:**\n- **When the original plan started:** October 1998\n- **Major updates:** A significant rewrite in December 2014 (\"Variation No. 1 of 2014\"), plus technical tweaks in September 2017\n- **What changed:** The 2014 update replaced almost every clause and schedule, and added new attachments. The 2017 update made minor amendments to various technical attachments.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nIf you're looking for the actual broadcasting rules for Kempsey (like licence areas, frequency allocations, or technical specifications), this page won't help — it's just the \"track changes\" history. You'd need the full Licence Area Plan document itself, not just these endnotes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio","history":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-kempsey-radio/documents"}}