Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01288:reg:6:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021C01288
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 2388–5344

6  Interpretation
 (1) In these guidelines:
AM radio band means the frequency range 526.5 kHz to 1606.5 kHz.
AM radio service means:
 (a) a commercial radio broadcasting service;
 (b) a community radio broadcasting service;
 (c) a national radio broadcasting service; or
 (d) an open narrowcasting radio service;
transmitted in the AM radio band.
authorised person, in relation to a transmitter licence, means a person authorised to operate a radiocommunications device under the licence, under Division 4 of Part 3.3 of the Radiocommunications Act.
broadcasting licensee means the holder of a broadcasting service transmitter licence.
broadcasting service transmitter licence means a transmitter licence issued under section 101A or section 102 of the Radiocommunications Act.
Broadcasting Services Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
channel means a part of the radiofrequency spectrum intended to be used, or set aside for use, for radio emission.
Note: A channel may be described as a part of the spectrum bounded by two frequencies, by the centre frequency of the channel and the channel's bandwidth, or by another method.
cymomotive force or CMF, for a transmitter, means the product, expressed in volts, of:
 (a) the electric field strength at a given point in space, due to the operation of the transmitter; and
 (b) the distance of that point from the transmitter's antenna.
Note 1: See subguideline 6(2).
Note 2: At a distance of 1 kilometre from the transmitter's antenna, the CMF for a transmitter corresponds numerically to the electric field strength in millivolts per metre (mV/m).
datacasting licensee means the holder of a datacasting transmitter licence.
datacasting service means a service that is, or a number of services together that are, transmitted by a transmitter the operation of which is authorised by a datacasting transmitter licence.
Note: The definition of datacasting service in these guidelines is different to the definition of datacasting service in the Broadcasting Services Act.
datacasting service area, in relation to a datacasting service, means the geographic area in which the ACMA has made available a channel for use by the datacasting service, in a determination made under section 34 of the Broadcasting Services Act.
       datacasting transmitter licence means an apparatus licence issued under Part 3.3 of the Radiocommunications Act for a transmitter that is for use for transmitting a datacasting service within the meaning of the Broadcasting Services Act, but does not include:
           (a) a licence issued under section 102 of the Radiocommunications Act; or
           (b) a digital radio multiplex transmitter licence; or
           (c) an NBS transmitter licence;
       and includes an authorisation under section 114 of the Radiocommunications Act by the licensee of such a licence.

designated BSA radio area has the meaning given by section 5 of the Radiocommunications Act.
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