Section Part 1 - Broadcasting Services (Criteria for Radio Narrowcasting Services) Clarification Notice 2026 - Preliminary

Part 1Preliminary

Start here

Get a plain-English read of Part 1

Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Broadcasting Services (Criteria for Radio Narrowcasting Services) Clarification Notice 2026.

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name

This instrument is the Broadcasting Services (Criteria for Radio Narrowcasting Services) Clarification Notice 2026.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 19(1)(b) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

4 Repeal of the Broadcasting Services Clarification Notice 2016

The Broadcasting Services Clarification Notice 2016 (Registration No. F2016L00366) is repealed.

5 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

ancillary communication service means a separate supplementary information service carried on a modulated sub-carrier of an FM transmission.

FM radio band has the meaning given in the instrument made under section 33 of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

Note: At the time of making this instrument, the instrument referred to in this definition is the Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017.

locality means a population cluster that is classified as a locality by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and described as such in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Edition 3, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Service means a radio broadcasting service transmitted in analog mode, and which is not made available only on payment of subscription fees (whether periodical or otherwise).

urban centre means a population cluster that is classified as an urban centre by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and described as such in the Australian Statistical Geography Standard, Edition 3, published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Note 1: The Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS), published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) classifies urban areas of Australia based on population density for statistical data purposes. The ASGS Edition 3 could, at the time of the making of this instrument be accessed for free at the following website: www.abs.gov.au .