{"id":"F2005B00769","name":"Licence Area Plan – Kingaroy Radio","slug":"licence-area-plan-kingaroy-radio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32203,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00769-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(generally section or equivalent) level and includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nIt also includes information about any misdescribed amendment (that is, an amendment that does not accurately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 = repealed and substituted | |\n\n \n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name | Registration or Notification in Gazette | Commencement | Application, saving and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 – Kingaroy Radio – October 1998 | 28 October 1998(F2005B00769) | 29 October 1998 | |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Kingaroy Radio – No. 1 of 2004 | 14 April 2004(F2005B00770) | 15 April 2004 | |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Kingaroy Radio – No.1 of 2011 | 21 March 2011(F2011L00455) | 22 March 2011 | |\n| Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (Consequential Amendments) Instrument 2017 (No. 1) | 29 September 2017(F2017L01299) | 30 September 2017 | |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Kingaroy Radio 2019 (No.1) | 25 September 2019F2019L01264 | 26 September 2019 | |\n\n> Note: Endnote 4—Amendment history\n\n```html\n

Provision affected

How affected

Title...............

am. No.1 of 2019.

Clause (1)...........

am. No.1 of 2011.

Clause (2............

am. No.1 of 2011.

Clause (3)...........

am. No.1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Clause (4)...........

am. No.1 of 2011.

Clause (5)...........

am. No 1 of 2011.

Clause (6)...........

am. No 1 of 2011.

Clause (7)...........

am. No 1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Clause (8)...........

ad. No 1 of 2004; am. No 1 of 2011.

Clause (9)...........

ad. No 1 of 2011, rs. No.1 of 2019.

Schedule One.........

am. No.1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Schedule Two.........

am. No.1 of 2011.

Schedule Three........

am. No 1 of 2011.

Schedule Four.........

am. No 1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Schedule Five.........

ad. No 1 of 2004, am. No 1 of 2011.

Attachment 1.1........

am. No.1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.2........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.3........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.4........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.5........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.6........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.7........

rep. No.1 of 2011.

Attachment 1.8........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.9........

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.10.......

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.11.......

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.12.......

am. No.1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 1.13.......

ad. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 2.1........

ad. No 1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 2.2........

ad. No 1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 3.1........

am. No 1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 3.2........

am. No 1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 3.3........

am. No1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 4.1........

am. No1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 4.2........

am. No 1 of 2011 am; No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 4.3........

ad. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 5.1........

ad. No 1 of 2004; am. No 1 of 2011, am. No.1 of 2019.

Attachment 5.2........

ad. No 1 of 2004; am. No 1 of 2011; am. No.1 of 2017, am. No.1 of 2019.

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If you're a broadcaster and the regulator says you've breached your licence conditions, you need to know whether the rule existed when you allegedly broke it. This document helps trace that history.\n\nThe actual substance of the plan—telling broadcasters exactly what they can and can't do—would be in the main body and schedules referenced here, not in these endnotes."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument has been updated repeatedly with technical and map changes (see Endnote 3 and the clause‑ and attachment‑level entries in Endnote 4), but those updates are iterative changes to the plan’s technical content rather than a broad change of purpose. 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That constrains where and how the broadcaster can serve listeners and can influence revenue (because audience reach affects advertising and commercial opportunities). \n\n**Trade‑offs, implementation and risks**\n\n- Trade‑offs: the plan protects predictable spectrum use and manages interference (a public good) at the cost of constraining a private firm’s freedom to expand coverage beyond the defined area without regulatory change. The attachments/schedules are the binding technical side of that trade‑off (Endnote 4). \n- Compliance burden: implementing technical limits may require capital and specialist engineering. Changes in later variations mean the licensee may incur additional adjustment costs when the regulator updates the plan (Endnote 3 shows multiple variations). \n- Bureaucratic discretion: the regulator’s ability to vary the plan (several variations recorded) creates administrative discretion and path dependence — stakeholders must track and respond to formally published amendments. \n- Competition and market effects: by fixing a licence area and technical protection, the plan concentrates a benefit (certainty of coverage) for the licence holder while raising barriers for rivals who would need regulatory change to contest that same protected area. 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