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3.    the expenditure on staff.

    studios and other production facilities means any on-air studios or production booths that are used to compile commercial radio programs, but does not include equipment used for such purposes.

         Note:  The following terms used in this instrument are defined in the Act and have the same meaning as in that Act: the ACMA, regional commercial radio broadcasting licence, licence, licence area, regional racing service radio licence [see section 8AF], remote area service radio licence, trigger event [see Division 5C of Part 5].

7 Definition of existing level of local presence
    (1) In this instrument, existing level of local presence means:

        1.    the staffing levels determined by subsection (2); and

        2.    the use of the studios and other production facilities determined by subsection (3).

    (2) For paragraph (1)(a), staffing levels are determined by calculating the average monthly staffing levels in the licence area of the former licensee in relation to the licence over the three-month period ending on the Saturday before the day on which the trigger event occurred.

    (3) For paragraph (1)(b), the use of studios and other production facilities is determined by calculating the number of average monthly broadcast hours produced by the former licensee using studios and other production facilities in the licence area. The number of average monthly broadcast hours produced is to be calculated over the three-month period ending on the Saturday before the day on which the trigger event occurred.

PART 3 LICENCE CONDITIONS

    8 Licensee must maintain existing level of local presence after trigger event
    A licensee must maintain at least the existing level of local presence in the licence area in relation to the licence throughout the relevant period.

9 Reporting to the ACMA

Reporting after a trigger event
 1.                A licensee must, within 3 months after the day on which a trigger event for the licence occurs, give the ACMA a report in writing on the existing level of local presence in relation to the licence.

Reporting at end of relevant period
 1.                A licensee must, within 3 months after the end of a relevant period, give the ACMA a report about the licensee's compliance with section 8 during that relevant period.

PART 4 MEASURING COMPLIANCE

10 Measuring compliance with section 8
    (1) For staffing levels, the existing level of local presence is maintained if, at the conclusion of each relevant period, there has been no material reduction in the average monthly staffing levels in the licence area in relation to the licence for that relevant period or part thereof, compared with the staffing levels determined by subsection 7(2) in respect of one of (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of staffing levels in section 6.