27Matters for the ACMA to take into account if preparing a report

27 Matters for the ACMA to take into account if preparing a report

(1) If the Minister directs the ACMA to give a report for subclause 20 (5) of Schedule 4 to the Act, the Minister may specify matters that the ACMA must take into account in preparing its report.

(2) The following are examples of matters that the ACMA may take into account in preparing a report for subclause 20 (5) of Schedule 4 to the Act:

(a) whether the application is in strict compliance with the approved application form;

(b) whether the application deals adequately with the matters that the national broadcaster was required to deal with by the application form;

(c) the technical assumptions in force for subsection 6 (1);

(d) whether the proposed emission characteristics of the service are consistent with the technical characteristics set out in the digital channel plan for the relevant coverage area or part of the coverage area;

(e) whether the proposed emission characteristics of the service are satisfactory to ensure that the median field strength of transmission beyond the coverage area does not exceed the ACMA’s requirements;

(f) whether the service is likely to interfere with other services;

(g) whether the service will start on or before the start of the simulcast period;

(h) whether the policy objectives in subclause 19 (3) of Schedule 4 to the Act will be met as soon as practicable after the start of the simulcast period;

(i) whether the national broadcaster proposes to transmit national television broadcasting services in analog and SDTV digital modes for the entire simulcast period;

(j) whether the national broadcaster has consulted other broadcasters about the location of the national broadcaster’s transmitters;

(k) whether the national broadcaster proposes to co‑locate its own transmitters for transmitting national television broadcasting services in analog and digital modes;

(l) whether the national broadcaster has access to each site and broadcasting transmission tower it is proposing to use;

(m) whether the national television broadcaster’s transmission of services in digital mode will have the same level of coverage and potential reception quality throughout the simulcast period as is achieved by transmission of those services in analog mode.