Commonwealth of Australia Radiocommunications Act 1992 Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation) Declaration No. 1 of 2011 I, STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, having had regard to a recommendation given to me by the Australian Communications and Media Authority under subsection 153F(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 in relation to specified parts of the spectrum, make this Declaration under subsection 153B(1) of that Act. Dated 1 November 2011 STEPHEN MICHAEL CONROY Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy ________________________________________________________________ 1 Name of Declaration This Declaration is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation) Declaration No. 1 of 2011. 2 Commencement This Declaration commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. 3 Definitions In this Declaration: Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. Mid West Radio Quiet Zone means the area bounded by the coordinates specified in Table B of the Schedule. Re-allocation deadline has the meaning given to that term by section 153B of the Act. Re-allocation period has the meaning given to that term by section 153B of the Act. 4 Spectrum Re-allocation (1) The following parts of the spectrum are subject to re-allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act in relation to the re-allocation period: (a) the part of the spectrum from 703 MHz to 748 MHz; (b) the part of the spectrum from 758 MHz to 803 MHz. (2) For the parts of the spectrum mentioned in subsection (1), this Declaration applies to the specified area (the National Area), being the area bounded by the coordinates specified in Table A of the Schedule, but excluding the Mid West Radio Quiet Zone. (3) For the parts of the spectrum mentioned in subsection (1) the re‑allocation period begins on 2 November 2011 and ends on 31 December 2014 for each area specified in subsection (2). (4) For the parts of the spectrum mentioned in subsection (1), the re‑allocation deadline is 31 December 2013. (5) Each part of the spectrum mentioned in subsection (1) may be re‑allocated only by issuing spectrum licences under Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act. (6) In subsection (1), each frequency band includes all frequencies that are greater than the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency. Schedule Each Area described in the tables below is a polygon bounded by a line joining each of the following coordinates of latitude and longitude. The datum used for coordinates in this Schedule is the Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994. Table A: Outer boundary of the National Area Row ° South ° East 1 24.998757 112.001377 2 24.998744 113.001346 3 23.998738 113.001340 4 22.998729 113.001347 5 21.998721 113.001338 6 20.998713 113.001332 7 20.998705 114.001326 8 20.998698 115.001297 9 19.998688 115.001319 10 18.998681 115.001312 11 18.998673 116.001310 12 18.998666 117.001309 13 18.998658 118.001306 14 18.998650 119.001304 15 18.998642 120.001301 16 18.998630 121.001292 17 17.998630 121.001289 18 16.998626 121.001281 19 15.998622 121.001274 20 15.998616 122.001271 21 15.998607 123.001262 22 15.998601 124.001256 23 14.998601 124.001255 24 13.998599 124.001249 25 12.998597 124.001244 26 12.998592 125.001239 27 12.998586 126.001234 28 12.998581 127.001229 29 12.998576 128.001224 30 12.998571 129.001218 31 12.998580 130.001200 32 11.998567 130.001205 33 10.998568 130.001202 34 10.998567 131.001191 35 10.998568 132.001181 36 9.998561 132.001184 37 9.998558 133.001177 38 9.998554 134.001170 39 9.998550 135.001162 40 9.998546 136.001154 41 9.998543 137.001145 42 9.998539 138.001137 43 9.998535 139.001128 44 9.998532 140.001118 45 9.998528 141.001108 46 9.998510 142.001113 47 9.998506 143.001104 48 10.998494 143.001114 49 10.998513 144.001081 50 11.998507 144.001084 51 12.998499 144.001091 52 13.998493 144.001090 53 13.998490 145.001081 54 13.998488 146.001070 55 14.998483 146.001074 56 15.998478 146.001078 57 15.998474 147.001067 58 16.998469 147.001072 59 17.998465 147.001078 60 18.998465 147.001089 61 18.998456 148.001071 62 18.998451 149.001058 63 19.998451 149.001064 64 19.998441 150.001050 65 20.998438 150.001056 66 20.998432 151.001042 67 21.998429 151.001049 68 22.998434 151.001058 69 22.998420 152.001041 70 23.998428 152.001046 71 23.998411 153.001033 72 23.998405 154.001018 73 24.998402 154.001025 74 25.998401 154.001033 75 26.998397 154.001041 76 27.998398 154.001049 77 28.998397 154.001059 78 29.998395 154.001068 79 30.998395 154.001078 80 31.998395 154.001088 81 31.998405 153.001103 82 32.998404 153.001116 83 32.998415 152.001132 84 33.998414 152.001145 85 34.998416 152.001158 86 34.998426 151.001172 87 35.998427 151.001188 88 36.998431 151.001203 89 37.998434 151.001218 90 37.998444 150.001236 91 37.998457 149.001255 92 38.998459 149.001268 93 39.998464 149.001286 94 40.998469 149.001304 95 41.998475 149.001323 96 42.998481 149.001343 97 43.998488 149.001364 98 43.998499 148.001382 99 43.998511 147.001401 100 43.998522 146.001418 101 43.998534 145.001436 102 42.998527 145.001413 103 41.998522 145.001384 104 41.998531 144.001408 105 40.998524 144.001387 106 40.998536 143.001403 107 39.998529 143.001383 108 38.998522 143.001358 109 38.998534 142.001379 110 38.998546 141.001393 111 38.998557 140.001407 112 37.998545 140.001384 113 37.998562 139.001401 114 36.998554 139.001381 115 36.998567 138.001396 116 36.998578 137.001408 117 36.998590 136.001420 118 35.998576 136.001402 119 35.998595 135.001413 120 34.998583 135.001401 121 33.998570 135.001397 122 33.998586 134.001398 123 32.998580 134.001383 124 32.998595 133.001387 125 32.998608 132.001394 126 31.998594 132.001397 127 31.998606 131.001396 128 31.998614 130.001404 129 31.998623 129.001413 130 32.998642 129.001419 131 32.998653 128.001427 132 32.998664 127.001435 133 32.998675 126.001445 134 32.998686 125.001456 135 33.998699 125.001467 136 33.998715 124.001479 137 34.998719 124.001489 138 34.998731 123.001496 139 34.998749 122.001505 140 34.998756 121.001505 141 34.998769 120.001510 142 34.998788 119.001513 143 35.998793 119.001533 144 35.998806 118.001537 145 35.998819 117.001541 146 35.998832 116.001543 147 34.998831 116.001528 148 34.998841 115.001532 149 34.998846 114.001528 150 33.998836 114.001511 151 32.998821 114.001492 152 32.998823 115.001497 153 31.998805 115.001478 154 30.998801 115.001459 155 30.998798 114.001458 156 29.998789 114.001441 157 28.998773 114.001422 158 28.998787 113.001428 159 27.998776 113.001417 160 26.998768 113.001394 161 25.998754 113.001362 162 25.998767 112.001389 163 24.998757 112.001377 Table B: Mid West Radio Quiet Zone Row ° South ° East 1 25.998719 115.918031 2 25.998712 116.668032 3 25.998708 117.418029 4 26.665385 117.418042 5 27.415393 117.418053 6 27.415394 116.668053 7 27.415397 115.918054 8 26.665393 115.918047 9 25.998719 115.918031