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This Notice designates specific slices of the radio spectrum to be allocated by spectrum licences. It fixes two 0.40000 MHz blocks (500.99375–501.39375 MHz and 510.99375–511.39375 MHz) as national allocations except where excluded, and two 3.60000 MHz blocks (501.39375–504.99375 MHz and 511.39375–514.99375 MHz) for use inside listed polygonal areas. The instrument names the Minister (under subsection 36(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992) as the decision‑maker and matters to prospective licensees, existing spectrum users and regulators because it determines which frequencies are licensable and where.
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Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation) Notice No. 1 of 1996
as amended
made under subsection 36 (1) of the
Radiocommunications Act 1992
This compilation was prepared on 14 September 2004
taking into account amendments up to Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation) Notice No. 1 of 1996 (Amendment No. 1 of 1999)
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
Recital
Schedule
Area A
Area B
Area C
Area D
Notes
Recital
I, RICHARD KENNETH ROBERT ALSTON, Minister for Communications and the Arts, under subsection 36 (1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, designate the following parts of the spectrum to be allocated by issuing spectrum licences:
(i) 0.40000 MHz in the frequency band between 500.99375 MHz and 501.39375 MHz throughout Australia except for those parts of Australia bounded by the co-ordinates specified in the Schedule to the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation) Notice No. 1 of 1996 (Amendment No. 1 of 1999);
(ii) 3.60000 MHz in the frequency band between 501.39375 MHz and 504.99375 MHz in those parts of Australia bounded by the co‑ordinates specified in the Schedule to this Notice;
(iii) 0.40000 MHz in the frequency band between 510.99375 MHz and 511.39375 MHz throughout Australia except for those parts of Australia bounded by the co-ordinates specified in the Schedule to the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation) Notice No. 1 of 1996 (Amendment No. 1 of 1999); and
(iv) 3.60000 MHz in the frequency band between 511.39375 MHz and 514.99375 MHz in those parts of Australia bounded by the co‑ordinates specified in the Schedule to this Notice.
In this Notice, the range of numbers that identifies a frequency band includes the higher, but not the lower, number.
Schedule
Each Area is a polygon bounded by a line joining each of the following coordinates of latitude and longitude.
Area A
| Latitude(° ) | Longitude(° ) |
|---|---|
| -11 00 00 | 132 00 00 |
| -10 00 00 |
| 132 00 00 |
| -10 00 00 | 133 00 00 |
| -14 00 00 | 133 00 00 |
| -14 00 00 | 130 00 00 |
| -11 00 00 | 130 00 00 |
| -11 00 00 | 132 00 00 |
Area B
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