Variation to Licence Area Plan – Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio – 2023 (No. 1) (Cth)
Variation to Licence Area Plan – Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio – 2023 (No. 1)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes this instrument under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
Dated: 11 May 2023
James Cameron
[signed]
Member
Cathy Rainsford
[signed]
Member/General Manager
Australian Communications and Media Authority
1 Name
This is the Variation to Licence Area Plan – Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio – 2023 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed, free of charge, at Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 26(2) of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
4 Variation
The Licence Area Plan – Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio (F2005B01472) is varied in the manner set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.
Schedule 1─Variation
(section 4)
1 Clause 4
Omit “twelve”, substitute “seventeen”.
2 Clauses 46 to 58 (both inclusive)
Repeal the clauses and substitute with the clauses in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this instrument.
3 Schedule Two
(1) After the row of the table that refers to Attachment 2.37, insert:
96.9 MHz SL10216 TS12001078 2.37A Norfolk Island (2) After the row of the table that refers to Attachment 2.81, insert:
94.9 MHz SL1150711 TS12001077 2.81A Norfolk Island 4 Schedule Three
After the row of the table that refers to Attachment 3.78, insert:
National 91.9 MHz N/A TS1137983 3.78A Norfolk Island National 92.9 MHz N/A TS12001076 3.78B Norfolk Island National 93.9 MHz N/A TS1137751 3.78C Norfolk Island National 95.9 MHz N/A TS1137752 3.78D Norfolk Island National 97.9 MHz N/A TS12001079 3.78E Norfolk Island 5 After Schedule Fifty Six
Insert:
Schedule Fifty Seven
Licence Area Plan: Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Licence Area: Norfolk Island RA1
Service Category Channel/ Frequency Service Licence No Transmitter Specification No Attach No Area Served Community 1566 kHz SL1180039 TS1137755 57.2 Norfolk Island 89.9 MHz SL1180039 TS1132707 57.3 Norfolk Island 90.9 MHz SL1180049 TS12001080 57.4 Norfolk Island 6 Attachment 2.1
Omit:
“The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 8 August 2006, is:”
Substitute:
“The licence area is the licence area defined in Attachment 57.1 (Norfolk Island RA1), and the following areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 8 August 2006:”
7 After Attachment 2.37
Insert the Attachment at Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this instrument.
8 After Attachment 2.81
Insert the Attachment at Part 3 of Schedule 2 to this instrument.
9 After Attachment 3.78
Insert the Attachments at Part 4 of Schedule 2 to this instrument.
10 After Attachment 56.2
Insert the Attachments at Part 5 of Schedule 2 to this instrument.
Schedule 2 New Clauses and Attachments
(Schedule 1, items 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10)
Part 1 New Clauses 46 to 58
One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Willowra area described at Attachment 45.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 45.1 is set out in Schedule Forty Five and Attachment 45.2 to this plan.
(47) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Wujal Wujal area described at Attachment 47.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 47.1 is set out in Schedule Forty Seven and Attachments 47.2 and 47.3 to this plan.
(48) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Yuelamu area described at Attachment 48.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 48.1 is set out in Schedule Forty Eight and Attachment 48.2 to this plan.
(49) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Yuendumu area described at Attachment 49.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 49.1 is set out in Schedule Forty Nine and Attachment 49.2 to this plan.
(50) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Borroloola area described at Attachment 50.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 50.1 is set out in Schedule Fifty and Attachment 50.2 to this plan.
(51) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Weipa area described at Attachment 51.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 51.1 is set out in Schedule Fifty One and Attachment 51.2 to this plan.
(52) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Dunedoo area described at Attachment 52.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 52.1 is set out in Schedule Fifty Two and Attachments 52.2 and 52.3 to this plan.
(53) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Coonabarabran area described at Attachment 53.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 53.1 is set out in Schedule Fifty Three and Attachment 53.2 to this plan.
(54) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Coonamble area described at Attachment 54.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 54.1 is set out in Schedule Fifty Four and Attachment 54.2 to this plan.
(55) One community radio broadcasting service is to be made available in the Gilgandra area described at Attachment 55.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 55.1 is set out in Schedule Fifty Five and Attachment 55.2 to this plan.
(56) One community radio broadcasting service is to be available in the Gin Gin area described at Attachment 56.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the service that is to be available in the area described at Attachment 56.1 are set out in Schedule Fifty Six and Attachment 56.2 to this plan.
(57) Two community radio broadcasting services are to be available in the Norfolk Island area described at Attachment 57.1 to this plan with the use of the broadcasting services bands. The characteristics, including technical specifications, of the services that are to be available in the area described at Attachment 57.1 are set out in Schedule Fifty Seven and Attachments 57.2, 57.3 and 57.4 to this plan.
(58) In this plan, unless the contrary intention, appears:
(a) a reference to a schedule or an attachment includes reference to that schedule or attachment as amended from time to time; and
(b) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other instrument as in force from time to time; and
(c) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other kind of instrument or writing as in force or in existence at the time the reference was included in this plan.
Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.
Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.”
Part 2 New Attachment 2.37A
Attachment 2.37A
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : SL10216
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12001078
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 96.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Part 3 New Attachment 2.81A
Attachment 2.81A
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : Commercial
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : SL1150711
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12001077
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 94.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Part 4 New Attachments 3.78A to 3.78E
Attachment 3.78A
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : National
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1137983
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 91.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Attachment 3.78B
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : National
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12001076
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 92.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Attachment 3.78C
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : National
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1137751
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 93.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Attachment 3.78D
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : National
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1137752
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 95.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Attachment 3.78E
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : National
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : Not applicable
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12001079
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 97.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Part 5 New Attachments
Attachment 57.1
Licence Area – NORFOLK ISLAND RA1
Community Radio Service Licence number(s): SL1180039, SL1180049
The licence area, in terms of areas defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at the Census of 9 August 2016, is:
Area Description
SA3 Norfolk Island
Note:
Standard terminology used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics:
SA4 = Statistical Area Level 4
SA3 = Statistical Area Level 3
SA2 = Statistical Area Level 2
SA1 = Statistical Area Level 1
Attachment 57.2
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : Community
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : SL1180039
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1137755
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site New Cascade Road NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.031434 167.958006Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : MF-AM
Carrier Frequency : 1566 kHz
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (Clockwise direction) Elevation Maximum CMF At all angles of azimuth 0 70 V Special Condition :-
The CMF at all elevations must not exceed the specified CMF at 0 degrees elevation for all angles of azimuth.
Attachment 57.3
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : Community
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : SL1180039
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS1132707
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 89.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W Attachment 57.4
LICENCE AREA PLAN : Remote Central and Eastern Australia Radio
Category : Community
General Area Served : Norfolk Island
Service Licence Number : SL1180049
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION - FM Radio
Specification Number : TS12001080
Transmitter Site :-
Nominal Location : Broadcast Site Mt Pitt
NORFOLK ISLAND
Nominal Co-ordinates Latitude Longitude
(GDA94) : –29.015302 167.937701Site Tolerance : Refer to Broadcasting Services
(Technical Planning) Guidelines 2017Emission :-
Frequency Band & Mode : VHF-FM
Carrier Frequency : 90.9 MHz
Polarisation : Mixed
Maximum Antenna Height : 20 m
Output Radiation Pattern :-
Bearing or Sector (clockwise direction) Maximum ERP At all angles of azimuth 100 W
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