33Provisional start demand validity rules for application

33  Provisional start demand validity rules for application

  For the purposes of the following:

 (a) subparagraph 31(7)(a)(i);

 (b) paragraph 38(7)(a);

 (c) paragraph 46(2)(a);

 (d) subparagraph 48(4)(a)(i);

  a provisional start demand of an applicant, for lots of a product, is valid if both the following apply in relation to the provisional start demand:

 (e) the total size of the sum of:

 (i)  the provisional start demand of the applicant for the lots of the product (the relevant product); and

 (ii) if the relevant product is a major population product – the sum of the provisional start demands of the applicant for lots of each other major population product; and

 (iii) if the relevant product is a regional product – the sum of the provisional start demands of the applicant for lots of each other regional lot; and

 (iv) if the relevant product is a major population product and the applicant is a set-aside participant – 1 set-aside lot of the 900 upper major population product; and

 (v) if the relevant product is a regional product and the applicant is a set-aside participant – 1 set-aside lot of the 900 upper regional product;

  does not exceed the applicant’s allocation limits (when expressed in MHz); and

 (f) the number of lots for the applicant’s provisional start demand for the product is not greater than the number of lots for the supply of the product.

Note 2: For the 900 upper products, supply depends upon whether one or more set-aside applicants have elected to take up set-aside lots.