This Licence Area Plan sets which radio services may operate in the Shepparton area and fixes their technical parameters. It lists 10 national, 3 commercial and 4 open narrowcasting services (Attachment 1.1) and several community services (Attachments 2.1–5.1); technical specifications are in the Schedules and Attachments (s.26(1), cls 2–6). Broadcasters and licence applicants must meet those specs and follow amended Schedules/Attachments (cl.7), so they bear the compliance and equipment costs and the plan controls market entry and technical limits.
This instrument is a licence area plan for radio broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria, made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (the plan makes that explicit at para (1)). It operates by specifying the types and numbers of radio broadcasting services that are to be available in particular geographic parcels described in the plan’s attachments, and by pointing to schedules and attachments for the characteristics and technical specifications of those services.
Mechanically, the plan does three things in the text provided:
It allocates service slots in the Shepparton licence area. Paragraph (2) provides that, for the area described at Attachment 1.1, there are to be ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services. Paragraphs (3)-(6) set the number and location of community radio broadcasting services in separate attachments (one community service at Attachment 2.1, one at Attachment 3.1, two at Attachment 4.1, one at Attachment 5.1). Each of those paragraphs says the characteristics, including technical specifications, are set out in the corresponding Schedule and Attachments (for example, Schedule One and Attachments 1.2-1.22 for the services referred to in para (2)).
It incorporates the schedules and attachments by reference. The plan repeatedly ties the availability and the required characteristics of services to Schedules One to Five and their respective attachments. That is the instrument’s functional core: the schedules and attachments (not reproduced here) contain the technical and geographic detail that will constrain transmission and service parameters.
It sets interpretative rules for how the plan should be read over time. Paragraph (7) stipulates that references to a schedule or attachment include that schedule or attachment “as amended from time to time”; that references to other legislative instruments are to “that other instrument as in force from time to time”; and that references to any other instrument or writing are to that instrument “as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.” The plan also explicitly points users to section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the interpretation of Commonwealth Acts and for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments. Note 2 reminds readers that Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Current sections
Direct links to the current provisions in Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio.
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Licence Area Plan — Shepparton Radio
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Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(1) This plan for broadcasting services
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting serv
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 — 1.22 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(3) One community radio broadcasting ser
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 — 2.6 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(4) One community radio broadcasting ser
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 — 3.4 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting ser
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 — 4.3 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(6) One community radio broadcasting ser
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary in
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Endnotes
Endnotes
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
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Licence Area Plan — Shepparton Radio Licence Area Plan — Shepparton Radio
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Taken together, the plan operates as a specification of what kinds of radio services and how many of each may be available in defined parts of the Shepparton area, with technical detail delegated to schedules and attachments and with a clear dynamic incorporation rule that makes the schedules/attachments and referenced instruments operate as living material unless the contrary intention appears (para (7)).
Main concepts
Several core legal and operational concepts are embedded in the text and structure of the plan. They are concise and repeatedly expressed in the instrument: availability, types of services, geographic attachment, characteristics and technical specifications, and dynamic incorporation of amendments.
Availability versus issuance. The plan repeatedly uses the formula that particular services “are to be available in the area described at Attachment X.Y with the use of the broadcasting services bands” (see paras (2)-(6)). The plan does not say that licences have been granted or that particular entities have a right to immediate access; rather, it sets which services may be made available in those areas consistent with the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. The operative phrase is “are to be available”, which establishes permitted supply rather than a direct property right stated in this text.
Service categories. The plan distinguishes at least four categories: national radio broadcasting services, commercial radio broadcasting services, open narrowcasting radio services, and community radio broadcasting services. The numbers allocated to each category in specific attachments are a primary regulatory lever: para (2) allocates ten national, three commercial and four open narrowcasting services for the Attachment 1.1 area; paras (3)-(6) allocate community services across Attachments 2.1-5.1 with specific schedules and attachments tied to each.
Geographic specification through attachments. The plan relies on attachments (for example, Attachment 1.1; Attachments 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1) to define the areas in which services are to be available. The plan text by itself does not contain coordinates, contours or maps in the provided extract; those are located in the attachments referenced in the relevant schedule.
Technical characteristics delegated to schedules and attachments. The plan states that “the characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment X.Y are set out in Schedule [One-Five] and Attachments … to this plan” (see paras (2)-(6)). That puts detailed technical parameters (power, antenna patterns, frequencies, emission standards and similar technical constraints) into subordinate documents incorporated by reference.
Dynamic incorporation and interpretation. Paragraph (7) determines that references to schedules/attachments and to other legislative instruments or instruments/writings are to be read as their current versions unless a contrary intention appears. The notes direct readers to Acts Interpretation Act 1901 s 10 and Legislation Act 2003 s 13(1) for rules on references to Commonwealth Acts, and to the Federal Register of Legislation for registration.
Compilations and endnotes. The endnotes included in the text explain that compiled law material includes endnotes describing amendment history, abbreviations and other meta-information (Endnotes 1-4), and that the abbreviation key lists how amendment statuses are recorded (e.g. “ad = added or inserted”, “am = amended”, “rep. = repealed”). The plan is therefore intended to be used in a compiled context where amendment tracking is available.
These concepts are the instrument’s organising logic: it defines permitted service types and quantities by geographic area, delegates technical constraints to schedules and attachments, and sets rules to make the plan operate as an evolving legislative instrument through time.
Who it affects
The plan directly affects several discrete groups, as indicated by its allocations and incorporated materials.
Prospective and existing broadcasters. The plan identifies the number and category of services that “are to be available” in specified attachments. That affects entities seeking a licence to operate in the Shepparton area, because it defines the categories and volume of services that can lawfully be made available under the plan (see paras (2)-(6)). Specifically, in the Attachment 1.1 area there are ten national slots, three commercial slots and four open narrowcasting slots; separate attachments allocate community service slots (one at 2.1, one at 3.1, two at 4.1, one at 5.1). Anyone planning to provide services in the Shepparton area must work within these numeric constraints.
Spectrum planners and technical consultants. The plan expressly defers technical parameters to schedules and attachments (paras (2)-(6)). Engineers, frequency planners, site planners and equipment suppliers will need to consult those schedules and attachments to comply with the specified “characteristics, including technical specifications” referenced in each paragraph.
Regulators and administrators. The plan is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (para (1)), and so it is a legislative instrument that affects how licensing or spectrum authorisation will be handled in practice, even though the plan text does not itself set out licensing procedures. Regulators who administer the Act will use the plan as the basis for what services can be authorised in the Shepparton area.
Local communities and community broadcasters. The plan allocates multiple community radio services across distinct attachments (paras (3)-(6)). Community groups interested in seeking a community licence or benefiting from local community services will find the plan relevant because it establishes the permitted supply of community services by area.
Investors and acquirers of licences. The numeric limitations (for example, three commercial licences in Attachment 1.1) set a supply constraint that will be relevant to anyone valuing or considering an acquisition of an existing licence, or an application where a now-available slot may be created or amended through changes to schedules/attachments.
Legal and compliance professionals. Lawyers, accountants and compliance officers advising applicants or licensees must check the schedules and attachments for technical and geographic detail and the endnotes/compiled law history for amendment history and effective dates, as the plan explicitly incorporates documents “as amended from time to time” (para (7)) and points to the Federal Register of Legislation for the registered instruments (Note 2).
Users of spectrum-dependent services. Indirectly, listeners and downstream service providers who use broadcasts in the Shepparton area are affected by what services become available, but the plan does not regulate consumer content directly; it defines service availability and technical boundaries.
The plan’s immediate legal effect is to define what categories and quantities of radio services can be made available in specified Shepparton areas and to tie those permissions to ancillary technical material that market participants must consult. The plan does not itself assign licences or provide contest or allocation rules, but it appears to be a precondition to licensing under the statutory regime identified in para (1).
Key duties and rights
The plan is not framed as a code of operational duties and sanctions in the manner of a compliance manual; rather, it creates legal parameters and cross-references that generate duties and rights when read together with other instruments.
Rights that the plan creates or clarifies
Permission space. The plan creates permission space by specifying that certain services “are to be available” in particular attachments and by identifying the schedules/attachments that set the characteristics. That establishes a right in the abstract to make available the specified classes and numbers of services in the geographic areas referenced, subject to compliance with the technical specifications in the schedules and attachments (paras (2)-(6)).
Dynamic incorporation. By providing that references to schedules and attachments include those documents “as amended from time to time” (para (7)(a)) and that references to legislative instruments are to be read as “in force from time to time” (para (7)(b)), the plan gives operators and applicants a right to expect the plan will be interpreted against the current versions of those documents. This both creates flexibility and imposes an expectation that stakeholders follow amendment activity.
Duties and constraints that follow from the plan
Technical compliance. Operators or licensees who provide services identified in the plan must (as a practical matter) conform to the “characteristics, including technical specifications” set out in the relevant schedule and attachments. The plan does not itself list those technical specs but explicitly imports them (see paras (2)-(6)). That creates an enforceable constraint when combined with the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and any licence conditions made under it.
Geographic limitation. Services are to be available only in the area described in the specified attachment. Practically that will limit transmitter siting, contouring and service reach to the areas defined in the attachments; the plan itself makes the point that availability is geographically tethered (see paras (2)-(6)).
Reliance on amended materials. Paragraph (7) requires readers and operators to treat schedule and attachment text and referenced instruments as subject to amendment. That imposes a continuing duty on interested parties to check for current versions and amendments; the plan points readers to the Federal Register of Legislation for registration of Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments (Note 2).
What the plan does not do in this text
It does not itself set application, allocation or licence-granting procedures. The plan is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (para (1)), but the plan text supplied does not specify how licences are applied for, contested, allocated by tender or auction, authorised, transferred or varied. Any detailed duties relating to applying for and holding licences will derive from the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and from specific licence instruments and administrative rulings not included in the plan text.
It does not set penalties or enforcement provisions. The plan does not specify sanctions for non‑compliance; enforcement mechanisms and penalties will rest with the statute and the licensing framework under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 or associated instruments.
Practical implication for advisers and operators: the plan creates a spatial and categorical entitlement structure that must be respected, and technical compliance duties are imposed by the schedules and attachments the plan imports. Operators must monitor amendments and consult the referenced schedules and attachments for the precise operational obligations.
Penalties and enforcement
The text of the licence area plan as supplied does not itself contain penalty provisions, compliance sanctions or specific enforcement processes. It is a permissions and specification instrument rather than an enforcement instrument. The functional consequence is that the plan sets what services may be available and what technical characteristics will apply, but it leaves enforcement and sanctions to the statutory and licensing framework into which this plan is integrated.
What the plan says about enforcement mechanisms
No penalties within the plan. Nowhere in the quoted paragraphs (1) to (7), the notes or the endnotes does the plan set fines, licence suspensions, revocation processes or criminal sanctions. The plan instead focuses on availability, characteristics and interpretative rules.
Delegation to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and subordinate instruments. The plan is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (para (1)). That establishes the plan’s source of authority, but the plan does not reproduce the enforcement or penalty provisions that will be applied if service providers fail to comply with the plan’s technical specifications or other licence conditions. Relevant enforcement provisions,such as administrative sanctions, licence condition enforcement, or criminal penalties,are therefore to be found in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and in licence instruments and regulations made under that Act, none of which are contained in the text provided.
Implications for compliance risk
Operational compliance risk rests with licence-holders and applicants. Because the plan imports technical characteristics and attaches geographic limits, failure to conform to those specifications will generate enforcement risk under the broader statutory framework. Practitioners should therefore treat the plan as setting non‑compliance triggers that enable statutory enforcement, even though the plan itself does not list the penalties.
Amendment risk creates additional enforcement exposure. Paragraph (7) specifies that schedules and attachments and other referenced instruments are to be read as amended from time to time. That means parties face a continuing obligation to track changes. Failure to adopt revised technical standards or to account for amended regulatory positions could expose an operator to enforcement action under the Act, albeit the plan itself does not set the sanctions.
Record-keeping and proof. The plan’s reliance on external schedules, attachments and other instruments increases the evidential burden on operators to demonstrate ongoing compliance with the current version of those documents. That is a practical enforcement-ready consequence: regulators will look to conformity with the schedules/attachments that are current at the time of inspection or complaint.
In short, the plan establishes boundaries of lawful availability and technical expectations, but the text supplied does not set out penalties or procedure. Enforcement consequences will flow from the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, licence instruments and other regulatory instruments that operate together with the plan, and practitioners must look to those sources for the substantive enforcement regime.
How it interacts with other laws
The plan explicitly cross-references other legislative instruments and points users to interpretative statutes and the Federal Register of Legislation. The plan is structured to operate as part of a network of federal laws and subordinate instruments rather than as a standalone code.
Key cross-references and their textual effects
Broadcasting Services Act 1992. The plan states that it is “made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992” (para (1)). That places the plan within the legal architecture established by that Act. The plan does not reproduce the Act’s licensing, enforcement, or administrative procedures; it should be read as a subordinate instrument operating under the delegations and powers granted in the Act.
Acts Interpretation Act 1901. The plan’s Note 1 directs readers to section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 for references to Commonwealth Acts. That incorporation means the conventional rules of statutory interpretation for Commonwealth Acts apply to references made within the plan and to referenced Commonwealth Acts.
Legislation Act 2003. The plan refers to subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments (Note 1 again). This creates a standardised interpretative framework for dealing with references to other legislative instruments and for questions about which version of an instrument applies.
Federal Register of Legislation. Note 2 states that all Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation. The practical effect is that the authoritative, current text of the plan and of referenced instruments is the registered version on that register, and the plan’s dynamic incorporation rules (para (7)) imply that the Register will show the operative versions.
Schedules and attachments as part of the instrument. Paragraph (7)(a) gives express textual status to schedules and attachments “as amended from time to time”. That makes them part of the single regulatory environment in which the plan operates. When an amendment is made to a schedule or attachment, the operative regulatory detail for service characteristics will change without requiring a reissue of the principal plan text.
Practical consequences of these interactions
Dynamic regulatory environment. Because the plan incorporates other instruments and attaches a continuing obligation to follow their current versions, the legal environment for a broadcaster in Shepparton is dynamic. Amendments to schedules, attachments or referenced legislative instruments can change the technical or legal obligations that apply to an operator.
Need for cross-referencing in compliance work. Lawyers and compliance officers must work across the plan, the schedules and attachments, the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and the register of legislative instruments to form a complete compliance picture. The plan itself identifies those links (paras (1) and (7); Notes 1-2).
Interpretative certainty anchored to federal interpretation rules. By referring to the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and the Legislation Act 2003, the plan ensures that standard rules for interpreting references, commencement dates and citation of Acts will apply. That reduces interpretative disputes about which version of a referenced Act or instrument is relevant, because the starting rules are externally defined.
What the plan does not do in relation to other laws
It does not purport to displace or replicate the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 or regulatory procedures under that Act. It functions as a plan under the Act, not as a standalone licensing procedure.
It does not specify concurrent state or local law interactions. The text contains no provisions about state planning, local government approvals for transmitter sites, or electromagnetic-spectrum interference law beyond the technical parameters referenced in the schedules and attachments. Those areas will need to be checked in state or local statutes and in the technical attachments attached to this plan.
In short, the plan is a component in a multi-instrument legal structure. It relies on and points users to existing interpretation and registration frameworks, making it necessary to consult multiple instruments to find operative obligations, commencement timing and amendment histories.
Amendment history
The text provided includes specific drafting measures and endnote material that address how amendments are to be recorded and understood, but it does not include a chronological list of past amendments to the plan itself. The plan’s own text sets rules that affect amendment operation and indicates where amendment history will be recorded in a compiled document.
What the plan says about amendment treatment
Schedules and attachments included “as amended from time to time.” Paragraph (7)(a) explicitly says a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes that schedule or attachment “as amended from time to time”. That is an enabling clause for rolling amendments to the technical material.
Legislative instruments to be read “in force from time to time.” Paragraph (7)(b) clarifies that references to other legislative instruments are to be read as those instruments are currently in force, which imports amendment activity into the plan’s operation.
Instruments or writings read “as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included.” Paragraph (7)(c) addresses non‑legislative instruments or writings, fixing the reference point for such materials to the time the plan included the reference.
Endnotes and amendment metadata
Endnotes are included to provide the compiled law context, as set out in the “Endnotes” section. Endnote 3 is described as providing “information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law,” including commencement details and application, saving or transitional provisions not included in the compilation. Endnote 4 gives provision-level amendment information. The endnotes therefore perform the function of an amendment history when the instrument is published in compiled form.
The abbreviation key in Endnote 2 lists common amendment statuses used in the endnotes, including “ad = added or inserted”, “am = amended”, “rep. = repealed” and other standard shorthand. That shows how amendment changes are recorded in the compilation.
What the supplied text does not provide
A dated list of amendments. The provided extract does not include a chronology of amending instruments, dates of commencement, savings or transitional provisions, nor does it include provision-level amendment notes. Those would ordinarily appear in the compiled version’s endnotes (Endnote 3 and Endnote 4), but they are not contained in the material presented.
Details of who may amend schedules/attachments. The plan allows schedules and attachments to be amended, and the plan itself suggests these documents will be in a compiled form that tracks amendments. However, the supplied text does not say which minister, agency or decision-maker may vary the schedules and attachments, nor does it include the procedural steps or consultation requirements that would accompany such amendments.
Practical approach for practitioners
Consult the compiled instrument and the Federal Register of Legislation. The plan points readers to the Federal Register of Legislation for registration of Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments (Note 2), and the endnotes indicate that amendment history and provision-level notes will be recorded in the compiled law version. Practitioners must therefore consult the registered and compiled material to see the actual amendment history.
Monitor schedules and attachments for technical changes. Given the plan’s express rule that schedules and attachments operate “as amended from time to time” (para (7)(a)), parties with operational interests must monitor amendment notices and the register for changes to the technical specifications that might affect their rights or obligations.
In sum, while this extract does not list historic amendments, it sets the structure and points to where amendment information will be found: the compiled law endnotes and the Federal Register. It also makes clear that the schedules and attachments will be treated as capable of amendment without requiring a new plan instrument in every case.
Litigation history
The supplied instrument contains no litigation history. There are no references to court decisions, disputes, or judicial interpretation in the text, notes or endnotes provided. The plan does not mention any cases, adjudications, or disputes, and it makes no specific provision for dispute resolution beyond what would follow from the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and other applicable law.
Consequences of the absence of litigation material in the text
No judicial signposts provided. The instrument as supplied offers no guidance from court interpretation. Users cannot rely on case law cited within the instrument to resolve ambiguities or to interpret the plan’s provisions.
Reliance on primary legislation and administrative practice. Because the plan is an instrument under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 (para (1)) and does not contain litigation history, questions about its meaning in particular factual contexts will be resolved either by administrative decision-makers applying the Act and plan, or by courts if disputes are litigated and judgments are delivered. None of those decisions are reproduced here.
What practitioners should do given the absence
Search external case law and administrative decisions. If a party needs to understand judicial or tribunal interpretation relevant to licence area plans, they must search publicly reported case law and tribunal decisions that interpret the Broadcasting Services Act 1992, licence area plans generally, and the meaning of technical schedules and attachments. The plan itself does not provide that history.
Check administrative guidance and published determinations. Administrative decisions, licensing determinations, and regulatory guidance from the relevant regulator (which handles broadcasting licensing under the Act) may interpret how this plan operates in practice, but none of that material is in this text. Practitioners should obtain those materials from the regulator’s publications or the Federal Register of Legislation if they are available.
In short, there is no litigation history embedded within the plan text provided; practitioners must look outside this instrument for judicial or tribunal treatment of licence area plans and related regulatory questions.
Gotchas
The plan is concise in wording but contains several practical and legal pitfalls that a practitioner or operator should note. These are not speculative; they follow from the plan’s structure and the matters it does and does not address.
“Available” is not “licensed”. The plan states services “are to be available” in particular attachments (paras (2)-(6)). That indicates permitted supply categories and numbers, not the allocation of licences. A common practical error is to treat the plan as if it guarantees that a licence exists for each allocated slot. It does not. Licensing, issuance, transfer and conditions are matters for the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and subordinate licence instruments, which are not reproduced here.
Technical detail is elsewhere. The plan repeatedly says the “characteristics, including technical specifications” are in the relevant schedules and attachments (paras (2)-(6)). If you do not have the schedules and attachments, you do not have the precise technical obligations (power, frequencies, antenna characteristics, contours) and cannot determine whether a proposed facility will comply.
Amendment is built in. Paragraph (7) says that references to schedules/attachments include those materials “as amended from time to time.” Practitioners may assume the plan is static; it is not. You must track amendment activity on the Federal Register of Legislation. Failure to do so can result in non‑compliance with the currently applicable technical requirements.
No enforcement or penalty text. The plan does not contain penalties or enforcement mechanisms. That can lull parties into thinking there is no consequence for non‑compliance. Enforcement exists elsewhere in the statutory framework; the plan is a key input to enforcement assessments but does not itself articulate sanctions.
Geographic precision depends on missing attachments. Availability is tied to Attachments 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1. The plan text alone does not provide coordinates or maps. If you need to determine contour overlaps, interference risk, or whether a proposed site is inside the relevant area, the attachments are essential.
Multiple service categories and potential overlap. The plan allocates national, commercial, open narrowcasting and community services in overlapping geographic areas per the attachments. Where services of different categories co-exist in a small area, technical parameters in the schedules/attachments will be critical to resolving co‑channel and adjacent-channel interference. You must not assume mutual compatibility without seeing the technical material.
Compiled law notation matters. The endnotes describe the compiled law approach to amendment history and provision-level amendment notes (Endnotes 1-4). Practitioners using an uncompiled copy or an older printed copy risk missing amendment flags such as “ad”, “am” or “rep.” The abbreviation key is included to ensure readers interpret compiled notes correctly.
Interpretative traps from cross-references. Paragraph (7)(b) and Note 1 require references to other legislative instruments to be read “as in force from time to time” and refer to Acts Interpretation Act 1901 s 10 and Legislation Act 2003 s 13(1). If a party relies on an older version of a referenced instrument that has since been changed, that reliance will be misplaced.
Ambiguity on who may amend. The plan allows amendment of schedules/attachments and references their being “as amended.” The plan does not state the procedural protections, notice or consultation required for such amendments. A party reliant on stability of a technical parameter should consider the risk that the parameter may change without the plan itself being reissued in full.
Missing allocation and timing rules. The plan does not specify priority, pre-existing incumbency protections, or the timing for the grant of any licence. Parties must not assume that a slot “available” in the plan will be allocated in any particular way or at any particular time.
These “gotchas” arise from the plan’s explicit choices,delegating technical detail to attachments, treating documents as dynamic, and allocating a fixed number of slots per category,combined with the absence in the supplied text of allocation, enforcement and amendment procedure detail. High‑risk areas for clients: failure to inspect schedules/attachments; failure to monitor amendments; assuming availability equals a licence; and failing to verify the current register status.
How to comply
Compliance with this plan requires an approach that recognises the plan’s role as a permissions-and-technical-specifications instrument embedded in a broader statutory licensing system. The plan sets the categories and numbers of services and imports technical specifications into schedules and attachments; compliance means ensuring that any actual broadcasting operations conform to those incorporated specifications and to the licensing and enforcement regime under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Practical steps
Obtain the current compiled plan, schedules and attachments from the Federal Register of Legislation. The plan expressly points users to the Federal Register of Legislation for Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments (Note 2) and the plan’s interpretative rules make “as amended” references operative (para (7)). The authoritative texts for technical specifications and geographic definitions will be in the compiled instrument and on the Register.
Confirm which attachment area applies to your proposed operation. The plan assigns different service counts to different attachments (for example, Attachment 1.1 for the set of national, commercial and open narrowcasting services; Attachments 2.1-5.1 for community services). You must locate the relevant attachment to determine whether your proposed transmitter site is within the designated area and whether the service category is available there.
Review the schedules and attachments for technical specifications. The plan explicitly states the “characteristics, including technical specifications” are in the schedules and attachments (paras (2)-(6)). Those documents will include transmitter power limits, antenna patterns, frequency usage, and possibly contour maps. Technical consultants should certify that proposed facilities meet those specifications.
Check licensing processes under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. The plan is made under subsection 26(1) of the Act (para (1)), but it does not set out licensing procedures. Before constructing or operating a service, determine the application process, licence conditions and any preconditions for grant, variation or transfer by consulting the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and the relevant regulator’s published licensing processes.
Monitor amendment notices. Because the plan makes schedules/attachments subject to amendment (para (7)(a)), establish a monitoring process for amendments published on the Federal Register of Legislation and for announcements by the relevant regulator. Ensure compliance programs include periodic checks for amended technical parameters.
Maintain accurate compliance records. Keep contemporaneous records showing which version of the schedule/attachment was in force at the time of installation and operation, technical reports showing transmitter parameters, and any correspondence with the regulator. Because the plan’s obligations are tied to “as amended” text, your record that you complied with the then-current material will be important in the event of an enforcement action.
Engage technical expertise for interference and spectrum planning. Where multiple service categories are allocated in the same geographic area, coordinate engineering assessments to ensure co-existence and to pre-empt interference complaints. Technical compliance will often require certified modelling referenced to the attachment contours and frequencies.
Seek legal advice on allocation, incumbent rights and transitions. If you are acquiring a licence or proposing an operation that may displace, overlap or be adjacent to an incumbent service, obtain advice regarding incumbent protections, transitional arrangements and any conditions under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 or related licence instruments.
Check for companion regulatory instruments. The plan cross-references other legislative instruments and the interpretation framework (para (7); Note 1). Check for regulations, determinations, licence conditions and policy instruments that interact with the plan. These may set out obligations on content, advertising, community participation or other operational requirements that complement the plan’s technical specifications.
Plan for amendment-related costs and operational flexibility. Given the plan’s dynamic incorporation approach, factor into project budgets the possibility that technical parameters could change. Build operational flexibility where possible, and avoid long-term sunk investments that cannot be modified to meet changed technical specifications without significant cost.
Summary checklist for immediate compliance action
Download the current compiled plan, schedules and attachments from the Federal Register of Legislation.
Identify the relevant attachment (1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1 or 5.1) for your intended site.
Read the schedule and attachment technical specifications and confirm engineering compliance.
Confirm licensing application procedures under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 and any regulator-specific requirements.
Institute an amendment-monitoring routine and maintain dated records of which versions applied to your operation.
Retain legal counsel and technical consultants to advise on allocation risk, interference modelling and licence conditions.
Following these steps will align an applicant or operator with the plan’s structural obligations as stated in paragraphs (1)-(7) and the plan’s endnotes referencing the compiled law approach and the Federal Register of Legislation.
Section (3) One community radio broadcasting ser(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 — 2.6 to this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(1) This plan for broadcasting services (1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting serv (2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 — 1.22 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(3) One community radio broadcasting ser (3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 — 2.6 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary intention appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time;
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901;and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
(4) One community radio broadcasting ser (4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 — 3.4 to this plan.
Licence Area Plan – Shepparton Radio
(1) This plan for broadcasting services in the Shepparton area of Victoria is made under subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
(2) Ten national radio broadcasting services, three commercial radio broadcasting services and four open narrowcasting radio services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 1.1 are set out in Schedule One and Attachments 1.2 – 1.22 to this plan.
(3) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 2.1 are set out in Schedule Two and Attachments 2.2 – 2.6 to this plan.
(4) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 3.1 are set out in Schedule Three and Attachments 3.2 – 3.4 to this plan.
(5) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 4.1 are set out in Schedule Four and Attachments 4.2 – 4.3 to this plan.
(6) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 5.1 are set out in Schedule Five and Attachment 5.2 to this plan.
(7) In this plan, unless the contrary i
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