{"id":"F2005B00832","name":"Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill Radio","slug":"licence-area-plan-swan-hill-radio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32239,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00832-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(generally section or equivalent) level and includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nIt also includes information about any misdescribed amendment (that is, an amendment that does not accurately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 = repealed and substituted |     |\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name                                                                                             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 – Swan Hill (Radio) – June 1997                                                        | 9 July 1997(F2005B00832)                | 9 July 1997       |                                                 |\n| Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill (Radio) – Variation – September 1997                                       | 24 September 1997(F2005B00833)          | 24 September 1997 |                                                 |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill Radio – 2016 (No. 1)                                          | 5 July 2016(F2016L01162)                | 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":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the endnotes, the amendments recorded are variations and consequential technical updates to the original 1997 Swan Hill licence area plan (not a change in the instrument's fundamental purpose). The plan's core scope — defining the geographic area for a radio licence and underpinning licensing/technical planning — appears unchanged; the listed instruments update or refine that framework (for example by altering boundaries or aligning technical references), rather than expanding the legislation into unrelated areas. The endnotes do not contain detail that would show a significant expansion of purpose beyond area-definition and technical alignment."},"complexity_factors":["Document provided is endnotes and amendment history only (no substantive licence text included)","Small number of amending instruments (1997 original, 1997 variation, 2016 variation, 2017 consequential amendment)","Cross-reference to separate technical planning guidelines (2017 consequential amendments) which introduces external dependency","Compilation-style endnotes with defined abbreviations and amendment metadata rather than procedural or substantive complexity","No nested exceptions or heavy conditional logic present in the provided extract"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this document is and what it does**\n\n- This file contains the endnotes (background and amendment history) for the \"Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill (Radio)\". The endnotes explain how the compilation is arranged and list the instruments that created or changed the plan. The endnotes themselves do not set the radio boundaries or technical rules; they only record the administrative history of the plan.\n\n**What a Licence Area Plan normally does (mechanics and who it affects)**\n\n- A licence area plan is a regulatory instrument that defines the geographic area for a radio broadcasting licence. In practice that means it establishes where a particular commercial radio service is intended to serve and sets the boundary that the regulator uses for licensing and planning decisions.\n- Who it affects: the licensed broadcaster(s) for the Swan Hill area, potential entrants (companies thinking of applying for a licence or competing for audiences/advertising), the regulator that implements the plan, and users of radio services (listeners and advertisers) whose market size and service availability are shaped by the plan.\n- What it changes mechanically: it fixes the geographic scope used to allocate and manage licences, which then determines where a licensee may legitimately market itself as serving, where transmitters and technical arrangements must be planned to provide coverage, and which audience and advertising market the licence addresses.\n- Who decides and who pays: the communications regulator (the agency that administers broadcasting licences) makes and varies licence area plans and enforces them; licensed broadcasters carry the direct compliance and technical costs (for example transmitter siting and any changes needed to match the plan) and also bear regulatory fees and administrative burdens. Advertisers and listeners do not pay the regulator directly but experience indirect effects through market size and service availability.\n\n**What the provided endnotes show (facts from this compilation)**\n\n- The original Swan Hill radio licence area plan is dated June 1997 (registered 9 July 1997).\n- A variation was made in September 1997 (registered 24 September 1997).\n- A later variation was made in 2016 (registered 5 July 2016; commenced 6 July 2016).\n- A consequential amendment tied to the Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines was registered 29 September 2017 and commenced 30 September 2017.\n- The endnotes also explain the compilation conventions used (how endnotes, amendment histories and abbreviations are recorded), but they do not reproduce the plan text, maps or technical parameters themselves.\n\n**Stated purpose and a brief test against practical effects**\n\n- The stated administrative purpose of a licence area plan is to create an orderly framework for allocating and managing radio licences (the endnotes record that this is a compiled licence area plan and its amendment history). That framework aims to stabilise expectations about coverage and market boundaries.\n- Practical costs and trade-offs: when a plan or variation changes boundaries or technical references, licensees face compliance costs (technical adjustments, possibly different audience reach), and potential entrants face changed market prospects. The regulator must maintain accurate mapping and coordinate technical rules (the 2017 consequential amendment to the technical planning guidelines signals reliance on separate technical instruments). Those are implementation risks and recurring compliance costs rather than transfers of direct public expenditure recorded in the endnotes.\n\n**Key documents listed in the endnotes (for follow-up)**\n\n- Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill (Radio) – June 1997\n- Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill (Radio) – Variation – September 1997\n- Variation to Licence Area Plan – Swan Hill Radio – 2016 (No. 1)\n- Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (Consequential Amendments) Instrument 2017 (No. 1)\n\n**Limitation of this file**\n\n- The provided material is the compilation metadata (endnotes and amendment history) only. It does not include the substantive map, boundary description, or operational clauses of the licence area plan. To see the exact geographic boundaries, technical requirements or any particular obligations on the licence-holder you will need the full text of the licence area plan and its variations (the instruments listed above)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"rejected","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"This is a navigation/metadata page containing only endnotes, abbreviation keys, and amendment history tables. It contains no substantive legislative content (no sections, definitions, or operative provisions) and therefore cannot be meaningfully analysed as legislation. The actual Licence Area Plan content is not present in this extract.","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard compilation endnotes page, which serves its intended purpose of providing amendment history. There is no substantive scope to assess as it contains no operative provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Document contains only metadata and navigation information, no substantive legislative provisions","No defined terms, operative clauses, or conditional logic","Simple table format with 4 historical entries","No cross-references to other legislation beyond citation of amending instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is a **compiled version** of the Licence Area Plan for Swan Hill Radio. It is not the substantive rules themselves, but rather a **navigation and metadata page** that explains how to read the official version and tracks changes made over time.\n\n**What it actually contains:**\n- **Endnote 1**: Explains what endnotes are (footnotes about the document's history)\n- **Endnote 2**: A key explaining abbreviations like \"am\" (amended) and \"rep\" (repealed)\n- **Endnote 3**: A table showing the history of changes to the Swan Hill Radio Licence Area Plan since 1997, including:\n  - The original plan from June 1997\n  - A variation in September 1997\n  - A 2016 variation\n  - Technical amendments in 2017\n\n**What is a Licence Area Plan?**\nIn Australian broadcasting law, a Licence Area Plan (or LAP) is a technical document that defines the geographic area where a radio station is licensed to broadcast and sets technical parameters like frequency and power. It ensures radio stations don't interfere with each other.\n\n**Who does this affect?**\n- Radio broadcasters operating in or near Swan Hill, Victoria\n- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which manages spectrum\n- Anyone applying for a radio licence in that region\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis document helps lawyers, broadcasters, and regulators understand which version of the rules applies and when changes took effect. However, **this specific page contains no actual broadcasting rules** — it only points to where they can be found."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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