6Documents about technical matters

6 Documents about technical matters

(1) the ACMA must prepare a document explaining the technical assumptions to which it will have regard when considering whether the transmission of a national television broadcasting service in SDTV digital mode will achieve the same level of coverage and potential reception quality as is achieved by the transmission of that service in analog mode.

Note Establishing the same level of coverage and potential reception quality for transmissions is one of the objectives of this Scheme: see Act, para 19 (3) (f) of Sch 4.

(2) the ACMA may also prepare a document explaining other general technical assumptions to which it will have regard when preparing or making a digital channel plan under Division 2.

(3) If the ACMA prepares a document, it must publish a notice explaining where copies of the document may be obtained.

Note the ACMA’s options for publishing notices are in s 4.

(4) the ACMA may publish a notice stating that a document prepared by the ACMA under subsection 6 (1) of the Commercial Television Conversion Scheme 1999 is adopted as, and taken to be, a document prepared for this section.

Note A document prepared under subs 6 (1) explains technical assumptions to which the ACMA will have regard when considering whether the transmission of a commercial television broadcasting service in SDTV digital mode will achieve the same level of coverage and potential reception quality as is achieved by the transmission of that service in analog mode.

(5) the ACMA may publish a notice stating that a document prepared by the ACMA under subsection 6 (2) of the Commercial Television Conversion Scheme 1999 is adopted as, and taken to be, a document prepared for this section.

Note A document prepared under subs 6 (2) explains general technical assumptions to which the ACMA will have regard when preparing or making a digital channel plan.