ACMA Consultation : non-assigned amateur regulatory arrangements

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I received the WIA's missive and poll a couple of days ago.

I have read through it and I understand the WIA's position (I think).

What I don't have is an opinion, one way or the other, of my own. I really don't have a meaningful grasp of all of the ramifications of each of the options and I really don't have the will or time to make myself better informed.

My gut feeling (based on dealings with government departments in my real job) is that this is a fait accompli with the discussion/consultation phase little more than a box ticking exercise from the bureaucrats POV.

As it is a cost cutting exercise the Class Licence option is most likely, which is sad as it would remove the CEPT approval and thus reciprocal licencing but otherwise I am not sure it would have that much impact.