Reducing the regulatory red tape & better ways of doing business

1. Reducing the regulatory red tape &better ways of doing business Peter Hilly

2. The Roadmap • Good documentation • Operational aspects • Planning considerations • Licensing reform • Independent band managers

3. Good documentation – the basis for success • Clear • Consistent • Comprehensive

4. A potpourri of regulation Administrative • RALIs • FAPs • BOPs • Planning Reports • Other bits & pieces Formal • The Act • The Spectrum Plan • Band Plans • Licence Condition Determinations (LCDs) • Technical Frameworks • Guidelines

5. 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)

6. The Roadmap • Good documentation • Operational aspects • Planning considerations • Licensing reform • Independent band managers

7. Operational Aspects • It’s a business – so it needs a business-like approach • It needs efficient processes • A partnership with Accredited Persons

8. Planning considerations • Let’s not start something we can’t finish! • Balancing consultation and timely completion • Embargos – a “waste” of spectrum?

9. The Roadmap • Good documentation • Operational considerations • Planning considerations • Licensing reform • Independent band managers

10. Licensing Reform Two forms of licensing – double trouble! • Spectrum Licensing • Apparatus Licensing A new “parameter-based” licensing - a unified flexible licensing regime?

11. Independent Band Managers ? • A range of options: • Minimal constraints or • Operating with current ACMA licensing policy • Trialling the concept – possible under current legislation?

12. The Roadmap • Good documentation • Operational aspects • Planning considerations • Licensing reform • Independent band managers

13. ? Any Questions