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This is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—3.6 GHz Band for Adelaide and Eastern Metropolitan Australia) Declaration 2018.
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This declaration makes the 3575–3700 MHz radio band available for re‑allocation as spectrum licences in HCIS‑defined parts of Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney under the Radiocommunications Act. It sets a two‑year re‑allocation period starting 21 days after commencement and fixes the re‑allocation deadline one year after that start. The measure initiates ACMA’s licensing process and affects current users and prospective licensees in the named areas, who must follow the re‑allocation timetable and ACMA procedures.
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This is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—3.6 GHz Band for Adelaide and Eastern Metropolitan Australia) Declaration 2018.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
This instrument is made under subsection 153B(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) ACMA;
(b) re-allocation deadline;
(c) re-allocation period;
(d) spectrum;
(e) spectrum licence;
(f) spectrum re-allocation declaration.
Note 2: See also section 5, in relation to re-allocation deadline and re-allocation period.
(1) In this instrument:
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme or HCIS means the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme used as part of the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 document published by the ACMA on its website, as the document existed at the time this instrument was made.
(2) In this instrument, a reference to a part of the spectrum includes all frequencies that are greater than the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.
(1) The part of the spectrum from 3575 MHz to 3700 MHz is subject to re‑allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act: (a) by issuing spectrum licences under Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act (see section 153L of the Act); and (b) with respect to each of the named areas in the table in subsection (3). (2) For this spectrum re-allocation declaration: (a) the re-allocation period is the period of 2 years beginning at the start of the 21st day after this instrument commences; and (b) the re-allocation deadline is the end of the day before the first anniversary of the start of the re-allocation period. (3) An area (named area) referred to in column 1 in the following table is to be ascertained as the composite of the areas, described using identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme, set out in column 2.
Note 1: The HCIS is a naming convention for areas on the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 (ASMG), which is a system used by the ACMA to define geographic areas for radiocommunications licensing. A document describing the ASMG and HCIS, as well as spatial datasets describing each HCIS area could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA’s website (http://www.acma.gov.au).
Note 2: A tool to convert lists of HCIS area descriptions, such as the lists contained in the below table, into Placemark files to allow these areas to be visualised using computer mapping software could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA’s website (http://www.acma.gov.au).
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:97.6%; margin-left:5.4pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Areas with respect to which </span><span>this spectrum</span><span> re-allocation declaration applies</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column </span><span>1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Name</span><span>d area</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column </span><span>2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Areas forming the named area </span><span>(</span><span>HCIS Identifiers</span><span>)</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Adelaide</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>IW3O, IW3P, IW6C, IW6D, IW3J5, IW3J6, IW3J8, IW3J9, IW3K4, IW3K5, IW3K6, IW3K7, IW3K8, IW3K9, IW3L4, IW3L5, IW3L6, IW3L7, IW3L8, IW3L9, IW3N2, IW3N3, IW3N5, IW3N6, IW3N8, IW3N9, IW6B2, IW6B3, IW6B5, IW6B6, IW6B8, IW6B9, IW6F2, IW6F3, IW6F5, IW6F6, IW6G1, </span><span>IW6G2, IW6G3, IW6G4, IW6G5, IW6G6, IW6H1, IW6H2, IW6H3, IW6H4, IW6H5, IW6H6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Brisbane</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>NT8K, NT8L, NT9A, NT9B, NT9E, NT9F, NT9I, NT9J, NT9M, NT9N, NU3B, NT5P8, NT5P9, NT6M7, NT6M8, NT6M9, NT6N7, NT6N8, NT6N9, NT6O7, NT6O8, NT8D2, NT8D3, NT8D5, NT8D6, NT8D8, NT8D9, NT8G7, NT8G8, NT8G9, NT8H2, NT8H3, NT8H5, NT8H6, NT8H7, NT8H8, NT8H9, NT8P1, NT8P2, NT8P3, NT8P4, NT8P5, NT8P6, NT9C1, NT9C2, NT9C4, NT9C5, NT9C7, NT9C8, NT9G1, NT9G2, NT9G4, NT9G5, NT9G7, NT9G8, NT9K1, NT9K2, NT9K4, NT9K5, NT9K7, NT9K8, NT9O1, NT9O2, NT9O4, NT9O5, NT9O7, NT9O8, NU3A2, NU3A3, NU3A5, NU3A6, NU3C1, NU3C2, NU3C4, NU3C5, NU3C7, NU3C8, NU3F1, NU3F2, NU3F3, NU3G1, NU3G2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Canberra</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>MW4D3, MW4D6, MW4D9, MW4H3, MW4H6, MW4H9, MW4L3, MW5A, MW5B1, MW5B2, MW5B4, MW5B5, MW5B7, MW5B8, MW5E, MW5F1, MW5F2, MW5F4, MW5F5, MW5F7, MW5F8, MW5I1, MW5I2, MW5I3, MW5J1, MW5J2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Melbourne</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>KX3J, KX3K, KX3L, KX3N, KX3O, KX3P, KX6B, KX6C, KX6D, LX1I, LX1J, LX1M, LX1N, LX4A, LX4B, KX6F1, KX6F2, KX6F3, KX6F4, KX6F5, KX6F6, KX6G1, KX6G2, KX6G3, KX6G4, KX6G5, KX6G6, KX6H1, KX6H2, KX6H3, KX6H4, KX6H5, KX6H6, LX1K1, LX1K4, LX1K7, LX1O1, LX1O4, LX1O7, LX4C1, LX4C4, LX4C7, LX4E1, LX4E2, LX4E3, LX4E4, LX4E5, LX4E6, LX4F1, LX4F2, LX4F3, LX4F4, LX4F5, LX4F6, LX4G1, LX4G4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Sydney</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>MV9K, MV9L, MV9O, MV9P, MW3D, NV7C, NV7D, NV7E, NV7F, NV7G, NV7H, NV7I, NV7J, NV7K, NV7L, NV7M, NV7N, NV7O, NV7P, NW1A, NW1B, NW1C, NW1D, MV9D9, MV9G7, MV9G8, MV9G9, MV9H3, MV9H6, MV9H7, MV9H8, MV9H9, MW3C2, MW3C3, MW3C5, MW3C6, MW3C9, NV4N6, NV4N9, NV4O4, NV4O5, NV4O6, NV4O7, NV4O8, NV4O9, NV4P4, NV4P5, NV4P6, NV4P7, NV4P8, NV4P9, NV7A7, NV7A8, NV7A9, NV7B3, NV7B6, NV7B7, NV7B8, NV7B9</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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This is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—3.6 GHz Band for Adelaide and Eastern Metropolitan Australia) Declaration 2018.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
This instrument is made under subsection 153B(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) ACMA;
(b) re-allocation deadline;
(c) re-allocation period;
(d) spectrum;
(e) spectrum licence;
(f) spectrum re-allocation declaration.
Note 2: See also section 5, in relation to re-allocation deadline and re-allocation period.
(1) In this instrument:
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme or HCIS means the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme used as part of the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 document published by the ACMA on its website, as the document existed at the time this instrument was made.
(2) In this instrument, a reference to a part of the spectrum includes all frequencies that are greater than the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.
(1) The part of the spectrum from 3575 MHz to 3700 MHz is subject to re‑allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act: (a) by issuing spectrum licences under Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act (see section 153L of the Act); and (b) with respect to each of the named areas in the table in subsection (3). (2) For this spectrum re-allocation declaration: (a) the re-allocation period is the period of 2 years beginning at the start of the 21st day after this instrument commences; and (b) the re-allocation deadline is the end of the day before the first anniversary of the start of the re-allocation period. (3) An area (named area) referred to in column 1 in the following table is to be ascertained as the composite of the areas, described using identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme, set out in column 2.
Note 1: The HCIS is a naming convention for areas on the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 (ASMG), which is a system used by the ACMA to define geographic areas for radiocommunications licensing. A document describing the ASMG and HCIS, as well as spatial datasets describing each HCIS area could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA’s website ().
Note 2: A tool to convert lists of HCIS area descriptions, such as the lists contained in the below table, into Placemark files to allow these areas to be visualised using computer mapping software could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA’s website (http://www.acma.gov.au).
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:97.6%; margin-left:5.4pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Areas with respect to which </span><span>this spectrum</span><span> re-allocation declaration applies</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column </span><span>1</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Name</span><span>d area</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column </span><span>2</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>Areas forming the named area </span><span>(</span><span>HCIS Identifiers</span><span>)</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Adelaide</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>IW3O, IW3P, IW6C, IW6D, IW3J5, IW3J6, IW3J8, IW3J9, IW3K4, IW3K5, IW3K6, IW3K7, IW3K8, IW3K9, IW3L4, IW3L5, IW3L6, IW3L7, IW3L8, IW3L9, IW3N2, IW3N3, IW3N5, IW3N6, IW3N8, IW3N9, IW6B2, IW6B3, IW6B5, IW6B6, IW6B8, IW6B9, IW6F2, IW6F3, IW6F5, IW6F6, IW6G1, </span><span>IW6G2, IW6G3, IW6G4, IW6G5, IW6G6, IW6H1, IW6H2, IW6H3, IW6H4, IW6H5, IW6H6</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Brisbane</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>NT8K, NT8L, NT9A, NT9B, NT9E, NT9F, NT9I, NT9J, NT9M, NT9N, NU3B, NT5P8, NT5P9, NT6M7, NT6M8, NT6M9, NT6N7, NT6N8, NT6N9, NT6O7, NT6O8, NT8D2, NT8D3, NT8D5, NT8D6, NT8D8, NT8D9, NT8G7, NT8G8, NT8G9, NT8H2, NT8H3, NT8H5, NT8H6, NT8H7, NT8H8, NT8H9, NT8P1, NT8P2, NT8P3, NT8P4, NT8P5, NT8P6, NT9C1, NT9C2, NT9C4, NT9C5, NT9C7, NT9C8, NT9G1, NT9G2, NT9G4, NT9G5, NT9G7, NT9G8, NT9K1, NT9K2, NT9K4, NT9K5, NT9K7, NT9K8, NT9O1, NT9O2, NT9O4, NT9O5, NT9O7, NT9O8, NU3A2, NU3A3, NU3A5, NU3A6, NU3C1, NU3C2, NU3C4, NU3C5, NU3C7, NU3C8, NU3F1, NU3F2, NU3F3, NU3G1, NU3G2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Canberra</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>MW4D3, MW4D6, MW4D9, MW4H3, MW4H6, MW4H9, MW4L3, MW5A, MW5B1, MW5B2, MW5B4, MW5B5, MW5B7, MW5B8, MW5E, MW5F1, MW5F2, MW5F4, MW5F5, MW5F7, MW5F8, MW5I1, MW5I2, MW5I3, MW5J1, MW5J2</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Melbourne</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>KX3J, KX3K, KX3L, KX3N, KX3O, KX3P, KX6B, KX6C, KX6D, LX1I, LX1J, LX1M, LX1N, LX4A, LX4B, KX6F1, KX6F2, KX6F3, KX6F4, KX6F5, KX6F6, KX6G1, KX6G2, KX6G3, KX6G4, KX6G5, KX6G6, KX6H1, KX6H2, KX6H3, KX6H4, KX6H5, KX6H6, LX1K1, LX1K4, LX1K7, LX1O1, LX1O4, LX1O7, LX4C1, LX4C4, LX4C7, LX4E1, LX4E2, LX4E3, LX4E4, LX4E5, LX4E6, LX4F1, LX4F2, LX4F3, LX4F4, LX4F5, LX4F6, LX4G1, LX4G4</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:9.46%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:17.16%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Sydney</span></p></td><td style="width:73.38%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>MV9K, MV9L, MV9O, MV9P, MW3D, NV7C, NV7D, NV7E, NV7F, NV7G, NV7H, NV7I, NV7J, NV7K, NV7L, NV7M, NV7N, NV7O, NV7P, NW1A, NW1B, NW1C, NW1D, MV9D9, MV9G7, MV9G8, MV9G9, MV9H3, MV9H6, MV9H7, MV9H8, MV9H9, MW3C2, MW3C3, MW3C5, MW3C6, MW3C9, NV4N6, NV4N9, NV4O4, NV4O5, NV4O6, NV4O7, NV4O8, NV4O9, NV4P4, NV4P5, NV4P6, NV4P7, NV4P8, NV4P9, NV7A7, NV7A8, NV7A9, NV7B3, NV7B6, NV7B7, NV7B8, NV7B9</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>