Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—850/900 MHz Band) Declaration 2020 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—850/900 MHz Band) Declaration 2020

I, PAUL FLETCHER, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, 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, make the following declaration.

Dated 27 October 2020

Paul Fletcher Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts

1 Name This instrument is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation—850/900 MHz Band) Declaration 2020.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument. The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 153B(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4 Interpretation 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 a 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.