17Form of implementation plan

17 Form of implementation plan

(1) The Minister must approve, in writing, the form of an implementation plan.

(2) The plan must identify 1 or more sites that a national broadcaster proposes to use for digital transmission.

(3) The plan must identify 1 or more transmitter coverage areas to be served by transmitters that the national broadcaster proposes to use for digital transmission.

(4) For each transmitter, the plan must identify the date by which the transmitter will be used for digital transmission.

(5) The form must also require the national broadcaster to identify, in the plan:

(a) the date on which the national broadcaster proposes to start digital transmission in the area; or

(b) the dates on which the national broadcaster proposes to start digital transmission in specified parts of the area.

(5A) The plan must state whether:

(a) the plan constitutes the implementation plan for the coverage area; or

(b) the plan is in a series of implementation plans that the national broadcaster intends to submit for the coverage area.

(5B) If the plan is the first in a series of plans, the plan must also state:

(a) that it is the first plan in a series of sequentially numbered implementation plans that the national broadcaster intends to submit for the coverage area; and

(b) the total number of plans that the national broadcaster intends to submit for the coverage area; and

(c) the date by which the national broadcaster expects to submit each implementation plan in the series; and

(d) the geographic area to which an implementation plan in the series will apply; and

(e) the reason why it is not practicable to submit a single plan for the coverage area.

(5C) A plan that is subsequent to the first in a series of plans must also state:

(a) the number of the implementation plan in the series of plans for the coverage area; and

(b) the geographic area to which the implementation plan applies; and

(c) the date by which the national broadcaster expects to submit each remaining implementation plan (if any) in the series; and

(d) if any previous implementation plan that is part of the series has been approved by the Minister (an earlier approved plan), the details of the earlier approved plan, including:

(i) its number in the series; and

(ii) the date when it was approved; and

(e) if the plan expressly or impliedly varies an earlier approved plan, the change being made and the reason for the change.