Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation – Multi-band Auction) Determination 2017.
allocation process means the procedures to be applied in allocating spectrum licences, as determined in this instrument, other than the procedures set out in Schedule 4.
applicant means a person who has applied for registration as a bidder.
applicant information package means a package containing the information, forms and other documents set out in subsection 28(1).
application deadline: see paragraph 27(1)(f).
application fee means the amount set under section 24.
application form means the form approved by the ACMA under paragraph 28(1)(l).
ARBN has the meaning given by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.
associate: see subsection 11(1).
auction means an auction of lots held in accordance with this instrument.
auction manager means the person appointed under section 23.
auction period means the period commencing on the application deadline and ending at the close of the auction under clause 13 of Schedule 1.
auction system means the system the ACMA makes available to bidders to make bids in the auction.
balance of the pre-determined price: see subsection 39(2).
balance of the winning price: see subsection 69(2).
bid means a bid made on a single lot, and includes a bid taken to be made on a single lot.
bid increment percentage: see section 34.
bidder means a person registered by the ACMA as a bidder under section 51.
carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
confidential information: see section 16.
continue bid, in relation to a lot, means a bid made on the lot in a round of the auction that is equal to or greater than the specified price of the lot for that round.
deed of acknowledgement means a deed in the form approved under paragraph 28(1)(q) that has been completed and executed by an applicant in accordance with this instrument and with any instructions provided on or with the form, to the extent those instructions are not inconsistent with this instrument.
Note: Strict compliance with the form is required.
deed of confidentiality means a deed in the form approved under paragraph 28(1)(r) that has been completed and executed in accordance with this instrument and with any instructions provided on or with the form, to the extent those instructions are not inconsistent with this instrument.
Note: Strict compliance with the form is required.
deed of financial security means a deed in the form approved under paragraph 28(1)(o) that has been completed and executed in accordance with this instrument and with any instructions provided on or with the form, to the extent those instructions are not inconsistent with this instrument.
deposit means a payment made by an applicant under section 29 or in accordance with section 33.
existing 1800 MHz licensee means the licensee of a spectrum licence that authorises the operation of radiocommunications devices in a part or parts of the spectrum in the 1800 MHz band.
exit bid, in relation to a lot, means a bid made on the lot in a round of the auction that is:
(a) less than the specified price of the lot for that round; and
(b) either:
(i) in any round other than the first round for bids on the lot – equal to or greater than the specified price of the lot for the previous round of the auction; or
(ii) in the first round for bids on the lot – equal to or greater than the starting price for the lot.
final high bid: see subclause 11(5) of Schedule 1.
Note: Subclause 12(3) of Schedule 1 affects the meaning of final high bid.
final round for bids on a lot: see subclause 11(1) of Schedule 1.
final round for bids on the first product lots: see subclause 11(2) of Schedule 1.
final round for bids on the second product lots: see subclause 11(3) of Schedule 1.
final round of the auction: see subclause 11(4) of Schedule 1.
first product lots: see subsection (3).
lot: see subsection (2).
lot size: see paragraph 3(2)(d) of Schedule 2.
Note: Lot size is only relevant to 1800 MHz lots. These lots comprise two parts of the spectrum. For these lots, each part of the spectrum has the same lot size.
pre-determined price: see subsection 39(1).
preference nomination form means the form approved by the ACMA under subsection 28(1)(m).
preferred lots: see subsection 31(1).
Note 1: An applicant’s preferred lots may be affected by sections 31 to 33.
Note 2: A bidder may not be able to make a bid on one of its preferred lots in the circumstances set out in clause 4 of Schedule 1.
pseudorandom means using computer-generated numbers that satisfy a statistical test for randomness, but are not generated by a truly random physical process.
public mobile telecommunications service has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.
recess day: see subclause 3(1) of Schedule 1.
register means the register of bidders maintained by the ACMA under section 50.
related body corporate has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001.
related person, in relation to an applicant or a bidder that is a body corporate, means any of the following:
(a) a director or secretary of the applicant or bidder;
(b) an employee of the applicant or bidder;
(c) an employee of a related body corporate that provides services to the applicant or bidder.
roaming services agreement means an agreement between carriers for the principal purpose of enabling end-users of public mobile telecommunications services supplied by another carrier, in geographic locations where the first-mentioned carrier’s public mobile telecommunications services are not available.
second product lot: see subsection (4).
specified group of persons means:
(a) in relation to an applicant or bidder – the applicant or bidder and all of the applicant’s or bidder’s associates;
(b) in relation to an existing 1800 MHz licensee – the licensee and all of the licensee’s associates.
Note: The definition of specified group of persons is affected by subsection 12(2) and subsection 13(2).
specified price: see subclauses 5(2) to (8) of Schedule 1.
stage 1 means the rounds of the auction:
(a) commencing with the first round of the auction; and
(b) ending with the final round for bids on the first product lots.
Note: If no bidder has nominated a first product lot as one of its preferred lots, no bids may be made in the first round of the auction, and that round constitutes stage 1.
stage 2 means the rounds of the auction:
(a) commencing with the first round after stage 1 has ended; and
(b) ending with the final round for bids on the second product lots.
Note: If no bidder has nominated a second product lot as one of its preferred lots, no bids may be made in the first round after stage 1 has ended, and that round constitutes stage 2.
stage 3 means the rounds of the auction:
(a) commencing with the first round after stage 2 has ended; and
(b) ending with the final round of the auction.
Note: If no bidder has nominated a third product lot as one of its preferred lots, no bids may be made in the first round after stage 2 has ended, and that round constitutes stage 3.
starting price, for a lot, means the amount set by the ACMA for the lot under section 26.
third product lot: see subsection (5).
winning bid price: see section 68.
winning bidder: see subclause 11(6) of Schedule 1.
Note: Subclause 12(2) of Schedule 1 may affect who is a winning bidder for a lot.
winning price: see subsection 69(1).
working day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales or Victoria.
Note: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) ACCC;
(b) ACMA;
(c) spectrum;
(d) spectrum licence.
In this instrument, register has a different meaning to that given to Register by section 5 of the Act.
(2) In this instrument, each of the following is a lot:
(a) each 1800 MHz lot;
(b) each 2 GHz lot;
(c) each 2.3 GHz lot;
(d) each 3.4 GHz lot.
(3) In this instrument, each of the following lots is a first product lot:
(a) Lot 1 (DUBB01);
(b) Lot 2 (MACK01);
(c) Lot 3 (MARY01);
(d) Lot 4 (REGW01);
(e) Lot 5 (TASM01);
(f) Lot 6 (CBRB01);
(g) Lot 7 (DARW01);
(h) Lot 8 (HOBA01).
(4) In this instrument, each of the following is a second product lot:
(a) Lot 9 (ADEL01);
(b) Lot 10 (BRIA01);
(c) Lot 11 (CBRA01);
(d) Lot 12 (DARW02);
(e) Lot 13 (HOBA02);
(f) Lot 14 (PERT01).
(5) In this instrument, each lot, other than a first product lot or a second product lot, is a third product lot.
Note: The third product lots are the 2.3 GHz lots and the 3.4 GHz lots.
(6) In this instrument, the range of numbers that identifies a frequency range includes the higher, but not the lower, number.
(7) In this instrument, a reference to time is a reference to the legal time in the Australian Capital Territory.