Radiocommunications (Spectrum Access Charges—3.4 GHz Band) Direction 2020 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Spectrum Access Charges—3.4 GHz Band) Direction 2020

I, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications. Cyber Safety and the Arts, give the following direction to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Dated 10 December 2020

Paul Fletcher Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts

1 Name This instrument is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Access Charges—3.4 GHz Band) Direction 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 294(2) of the Act.

4 Definitions Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 5 of the Act, including the following: (a) ACMA (b) spectrum; (c) spectrum access charge; and (d) spectrum licence. In this instrument: Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. charges determination means a determination that is made under subsection 294(1) of the Act and that either fixes spectrum access charges payable by licensees for issuing relevant spectrum licences, or specifies the times when those spectrum access charges are payable, or both. designated area means an inner-metropolitan area or an outer-metropolitan area. 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 ACMA, as the document existed at the time this instrument was made. 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 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). inner-metropolitan area has the meaning given in clause 1 of Schedule 1. NBN Co means NBN Co Limited (ACN 136 533 741), as the company exists from time to time (even if its name is later changed). outer-metropolitan area has the meaning given in clause 2 of Schedule 1. relevant part of the spectrum means the part of the spectrum including all frequencies greater than 3400 MHz up to and including 3542.5 MHz. relevant spectrum licence means a spectrum licence issued under subsection 57(1) of the Act to replace an apparatus licence that, at the time the licence is issued, authorises the operation of radiocommunications devices: (a) at frequencies within one or more relevant parts of the spectrum; and (b) within a designated area.