Commonwealth legislation

Licence Area Plan – Mackay Radio

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This instrument sets and updates the radio licence area plan for Mackay, creating the geographic and technical planning framework the regulator and broadcasters use when licensing and managing radio services. It affects any commercial, community or public radio licensee providing service in the Mackay area: they must match coverage, technical parameters and licences to the plan, and may need to change infrastructure or operating arrangements when the plan is varied.

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Endnotes

Endnote 1 – About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

Endnote 2 (Abbreviation key) sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Endnote 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.

Endnote 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(generally section or equivalent) level and includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

It 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.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

ad = added or inserted
am = amended
rep. = repealedrs. = repealed and substituted

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Name	Registration or Notification in Gazette	Commencement
Licence Area Plan – Mackay (Radio) – October 1997	19 November 1997(F2005B00771)	19 November 1997
Licence Area Plan – Mackay (Radio) – Variation – June 2004	23 June 2004(F2005B00772)	23 June 2004
Variation to Licence Area Plan – Mackay Radio – 2016 (No. 1)	4 July 2016(F2016L01138)	5 July 2016
Broadcasting Services (Technical Planning) Guidelines (Consequential Amendments) Instrument 2017 (No. 1)	29 September 2017(F2017L01299)	30 September 2017

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