Reducing the regulatory red tape

&

better ways of doing business

Peter Hilly

The Roadmap

Good documentation

Operational aspects

Planning considerations

Licensing reform

Independent band managers

Good documentation – the basis for success

• Clear

• Consistent

• Comprehensive

Formal

– The Act

– The Spectrum Plan

– Band Plans

– Licence Condition

Determinations (LCDs)

– Technical Frameworks

– Guidelines

Administrative– RALIs

– FAPs

– BOPs

– Planning Reports

– Other bits & pieces

A potpourri of regulation

Radiocommunications Assignmentand Licensing Instructions

(RALIs)

• The most used and most useful form of documentation

• But “quality” varies

• Can it be implemented in software ? (The ultimate test)

The Roadmap

Good documentation

Operational aspects

Planning considerations

Licensing reform

Independent band managers

Operational Aspects

• It’s a business – so it needs a business-like approach

• It needs efficient processes

• A partnership with Accredited Persons

Planning considerations

• Let’s not start something we can’t finish!

• Balancing consultation and timely completion

• Embargos – a “waste” of spectrum?

The Roadmap

Good documentation

Operational considerations

Planning considerations

Licensing reform

Independent band managers

Licensing Reform

Two forms of licensing – double trouble!

– Spectrum Licensing

– Apparatus Licensing

A new “parameter-based” licensing - a unified flexible

licensing regime?

Independent Band Managers ?

• A range of options:

• Minimal constraints

or

• Operating with current ACMA licensing policy

• Trialling the concept – possible under current legislation?

The Roadmap

Good documentation

Operational aspects

Planning considerations

Licensing reform

Independent band managers

Any Questions