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Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Areas for Tasmania TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
 
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
 
Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Areas for Tasmania TV1) Determination (No.1) 2012
 
 
 
I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, make the following Determination under subclause 5F(1) of Schedule 4 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
 
 
Dated              7 September 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
STEPHEN CONROY
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
 
 
 
1.         Name of Determination
 
This Determination is the Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Areas for Tasmania TV1) Determination (No. 1) 2012.
 
2.         Commencement
 
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
 
3.         Definitions
 
In this Determination:
 
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority;
 
Bicheno Transmission Site is the location at 41 degrees 52 minutes 58 seconds south latitude and 148 degrees 17 minutes 42 seconds east longitude, which is known as the Broadcast Site 1km of BICHENO, with the Site Identification Number 33477, as identified in the Register of Radiocommunications Licences;
 
digital-only local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
 
local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
 
Register of Radiocommunications Licences refers to the register established and maintained by the ACMA in accordance with section 143 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 and the Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Determination 1997;
 
Swansea Transmission Site is the location at 42 degrees 07 minutes 36 seconds south latitude and 148 degrees 04 minutes 19 seconds east longitude, which is known as the Broadcast Site Reservoir Noyes St SWANSEA, with the Site Identification Number 33378, as identified in the Register of Radiocommunications Licences;
 
Tasmania TV1 licence area is the area determined by the ACMA in the Licence Area Plan - Tasmania Television made under subsection 26(1) of the Act; and
 
the Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
 
4.         Determination
 
4.1       For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act, the following areas are local market areas:
 
(a)    the area within the Tasmania TV1 licence area that is within a 30km radius of the Bicheno Transmission Site; and
 
(b)   the area within the Tasmania TV1 licence area that is within a 30km radius of the Swansea Transmission Site.
 
 
4.2       For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act:
 
(a)     the local market area specified under paragraph 4.1(a) is to become a digital-only local market area from and including  25 September 2012; and
 
(b)   the local market area specified under paragraph 4.1(b) is to become a digital-only local market area from and including  25 September 2012.