{"id":"F2007L01008","name":"Radiocommunications (Datacasting Transmitter Licence Limits) Direction No. 1 of 2007","slug":"radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":64904,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Radiocommunications (Datacasting Transmitter Licence Limits) Direction No. 1 of 2007","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Commonwealth of Australia\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\n \n\n Radiocommunications Act 1992\n\nActs Interpretation Act 1901\n\nRadiocommunications (Datacasting Transmitter Licence Limits) Direction No. 1 of 2007\n\n \n\nI, HELEN LLOYD COONAN, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, acting under subsection 106(9) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, hereby:\n\n(a) revoke the Radiocommunications (Datacasting Transmitter Licence Limits) Direction No. 1 of 2001; and\n\n(b) direct the Australian Communications and Media Authority to revoke the Radiocommunications (Datacasting Transmitter Licence Allocation) Determination 2001.\n\n \n\nDated 5 April 2007\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nHELEN LLOYD COONAN\n\nMinister for Communications, Information Technology  and the Arts\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2447},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly as described by its title—a narrow administrative cleanup revoking 2001-era licence limits without expanding into new regulatory territory or altering the underlying legislative scheme."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing only two sub-paragraphs","No defined terms, interpretation sections, or schedules","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to substantive law","Straightforward administrative revocation of prior instruments"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This Ministerial direction cleans house on old datacasting rules. Datacasting is the broadcast of digital data services (think digital TV text services or internet-style content delivered via TV spectrum, not regular television programs).\n\n**The guts of it:**\n- **Ditches the 2001 caps:** Revokes the previous direction that limited how many datacasting transmitter licences one company could hold.\n- **Tells ACMA to bin the allocation rules:** Directs the Australian Communications and Media Authority (the media regulator) to scrap the 2001 determination that set out how those licences were divvied up.\n\n**Why it matters:** This removes the straitjacket on datacasting transmitter licence ownership from 2001, giving the regulator a clean slate to issue fresh licences without being tied to the old restrictive framework."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007","history":"/api/acts/radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/radiocommunications-datacasting-transmitter-licence-limits-direction-no-1-of-2007/documents"}}