16Interference to other services — broadcasting services and datacasting services

16 Interference to other services – broadcasting services and datacasting services

(1) If the operation of a transmitter causes interference to a broadcasting service or datacasting service, the licensee must (at the licensee’s own expense) adjust, or fit devices to, one or more of: (a) the transmitter; (b) a receiver of a service to which interference was caused; or undertake other measures in order to eliminate or minimise the interference. (2) Subguideline (1) only applies in relation to interference caused to a broadcasting service or datacasting service if: (a) the transmitter that provides the service operates in accordance with the LAP or DRCP (if any) that applies in relation to the transmitter licence that authorises operation of the transmitter; and (b) the transmitter that provides the service operates in accordance with the transmitter licence that authorises the operation of a transmitter; and (c) the interference is caused to the service within: (i) if the service is a commercial broadcasting service or a community broadcasting service – the licence area for the commercial broadcasting licence or community broadcasting licence for the service; (ii) if the service is a national broadcasting service – for a transmitter that transmits the service, the national signal reception area for the transmitter; (iii) if the service is a datacasting service – the datacasting service area for the service; (iv) if the service is a narrowcasting service – the narrowcasting service area for the service; (v) if the service is authorised by a DRMT licence – the designated BSA radio area; and (d) the service is, or but for the interference would be, received with a median field strength equal to, or greater than, the planned minimum field strength; and (e) the receiving system does not incorporate any active components external to the receiver (such as mast head amplifiers or distribution amplifiers) that result in the receiving system being more susceptible to interference than would otherwise be the case.