COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
 
 
Broadcasting Services Act 1992
 
Broadcasting Services (Digital-Only Local Market Area for the Remote and Regional WA TV1, Western Zone TV1 and Geraldton TV1 Licence Areas) 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 17 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 Area for the Remote and Regional WA TV1, Western Zone TV1 and Geraldton TV1 Licence Areas) 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:
 
digital-only local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
 
 
Geraldton TV1 licence area is the area determined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in Licence Area Plan: Remote and Regional Western Australia (Television) – February 1997 under subsection 26(1) of the Act;
 
local market area has the same meaning given by clause 5F of Schedule 4 to the Act;
 
Morawa Transmission Site is the location at 29 degrees 19 minutes 11 seconds south latitude and 115 degrees 52 minutes 50 seconds east longitude, which is known as the Commercial TV site Mount Campbell 17km SW of MOROWA, with the Site Identification Number 31413, as identified in the Register of Radiocommunications Licences;
 
Register of Radiocommunications Licences refers to the register established and maintained by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in accordance with section 143 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 and the Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Determination 1997;
 
Remote and Regional WA TV1 licence area is the area determined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in Licence Area Plan: Remote and Regional Western Australia (Television) – February 1997 under subsection 26(1) of the Act;
 
the Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992; and
 
Western Zone TV1 licence area is the area determined by the Australian Communications and Media Authority in Licence Area Plan: Remote and Regional Western Australia (Television) – February 1997 under subsection 26(1) of the Act.
 
4.         Determination
 
4.1       For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act, the area within the Remote and Regional WA TV1, Western Zone TV1 and Geraldton TV1 licence areas that is within a 40km radius of the Morawa Transmission Site is a local market area.
 
 
4.2       For the purposes of Schedule 4 to the Act, the local market area specified under subclause 4.1 is to become a digital-only local market area from and including 11 October 2012.