5Interpretation

5 Interpretation

In this instrument:

Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Defence spectrum licence means a spectrum licence issued to the Commonwealth for the purposes or benefit of the Defence Department.

Note: In accordance with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, the accountable authority for the Defence Department, or a delegate of that accountable authority, is responsible for deciding whether to assign or otherwise deal with a Defence spectrum licence on behalf of the Commonwealth.

STU (short for standard trading unit) means the combination of:

(a) a part of the spectrum with a bandwidth of 1 GHz; and
(b) the geographic area that comprises the whole of Australia.

Note: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) ACMA;
(b) Australia;
(c) Commonwealth officer;
(d) Defence Department;
(e) frequency band;
(f) Register;
(g) spectrum;
(h) spectrum licence.