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24 Condition – person to advertise before commencing service

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person must not operate a narrowband area service station except where subsection (2) has been satisfied. (2) This subsection is satisfied if, not later than 7 days before a person first operates the narrowband area service station, that person has made the following statements and information available to the public: (a) a statement about the person’s intention to operate the station to provide a broadcasting service within the licence area that relates to the broadcasting service, or the service area for the station, as appropriate; (b) the date and time of the commencement of transmission; (c) the frequency the station will operate on; (d) a statement that members of the public should contact the person if the transmission causes interference to other broadcasting services or radiocommunications; and (e) the address and telephone number of the person.

Note: Example: The person may make these statements and this information available to the public by publishing the statements and information on its website or on an industry website.

(3) The condition in subsection (1) does not apply to a person who operates a narrowband area service station if: (a) at any time before the commencement of this instrument, a person operated the station under a broadcasting licence (narrowband area service); and (b) before that person first operated the station, that person had made statements and information available to the public that are the same as, or substantially similar to, the statements and information in subsection (2).