57Application form — essential content

57 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 coverage area in which the national broadcaster wishes to transmit on a test basis;

(b) a digital channel plan is in force for the 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 area;

(c) a digital channel plan is in force for the 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 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.