National Television Conversion Scheme 1999
136Application form — essential content
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136 Application form — essential content
(1) The application form must require a national broadcaster to tell the ACMA which of the following circumstances applies:
(a) no digital channel plan is in force for the remote coverage area in which the national broadcaster wishes to transmit on a test basis;
(b) a digital channel plan is in force for the remote coverage area, and the national broadcaster wishes to transmit on a test basis using a channel allotted to the national broadcaster under the digital channel plan for the remote coverage area;
(c) a digital channel plan is in force for the remote coverage area, and the national broadcaster wishes to transmit on a test basis using a channel that was not allotted to the national broadcaster under the digital channel plan for the remote coverage area.
(2) The form must also require the national broadcaster:
(a) to identify the date on which the national broadcaster proposes to start transmission on a test basis; or
(b) to explain why it is not practicable for the national broadcaster to identify a date.
(3) The form must also require the national broadcaster to tell the ACMA the period during which the national broadcaster expects to transmit on a test basis.