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1999.
3 Definitions
  In this Plan:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Act means the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.
commercial television broadcasting licensee means the licensee of a commercial television broadcasting licence.
community television broadcasting licensee means the licensee of a community television broadcasting licence
ERP means effective radiated power.
Mt Isa TV1 licence area means the area described in Attachment 1.
national television broadcasting service has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act.
Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV1 licence area means the area described in Attachment 2.
Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 licence area means the area described in Attachment 3.
Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service licence area means an area described in Attachment 4.
simulcast period has the same meaning as in clause 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act.
television broadcasting service has the same meaning as in section 26 of the Act.
transmitter licence has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
            Note     Terms and expressions used in this Plan have the meaning given by section 6 of the Act. For example:
 commercial television broadcasting licence.
               * national broadcaster.
               * community television broadcasting service.
4 Specification of channels to be available in particular areas within the Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV1, Remote Central and Eastern Australia TV2 and Mt Isa TV1 licence areas
      (1)   Subject to subsection (2), each channel specified in column 1 of an item in a table in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to this Plan is available, in the area in column 7, to provide television broadcasting services.
      (2)   If a date is specified in column 3 of an item in a table in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to this Plan, the channel specified in column 1 of the item is not available in the area in column 7 to provide television broadcasting services after that date.
            Note 1 A channel may be specified to be available only for a limited period in order to allow a broadcaster to swap channels on which it transmits services.
            Note 2 Although a channel is specified to be available for all parts of a licence area, a particular broadcaster may only be authorised to use that channel in one part of a licence area.
                 Example Channel 28 may be specified to be available for all parts of a licence area.  Channel 28 may be allotted to Broadcaster A and Broadcaster B.  The ACMA may issue a transmitter licence for the use of channel 28 to Broadcaster A in one part of the licence area (Part A), and issue a transmitter licence for the use of a different channel