Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 2023 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 2023

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following determination under subsection 88(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 16 February 2023 Chris Jose [signed] Member

Linda Caruso [signed] Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name This is the Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 2023.

2 Commencement This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 88(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4 Repeal The Radiocommunications (Trading Rules for Spectrum Licences) Determination 2012 [F2012L01718] is repealed.

5 Interpretation (1) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears: Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. Australian Spectrum Map Grid means the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012, published by the ACMA. Note: The Australian Spectrum Map Grid is available, free of charge, from the ACMA's website at www.acma.gov.au. frequency core condition, for a spectrum licence, means the condition referred to in paragraph 66(1)(a) of the Act. geographic area, for a spectrum licence, means the area within which operation of a radiocommunications device is authorised under the licence. HCIS means the cell grouping hierarchy scheme used to describe areas in the Australian Spectrum Map Grid. Note: HCIS stands for hierarchical cell identification scheme. HCIS identifier means an identifier used to describe an area in the HCIS. Level 1 cell means a five minute of arc square cell in the Australian Spectrum Map Grid, identified by an HCIS identifier. minimum contiguous bandwidth: see Schedule 1. standard trading unit means the combination of: (a) a geographic area corresponding to a Level 1 cell; and (b) a part of the spectrum, where the lower and upper limits of the part are integers when described in Hertz. Trading Form: see subsections 8(1) and (4). Note: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following: (a) AAT; (b) accredited person; (c) ACMA; (d) frequency band; (e) licensee; (f) part (in relation to a spectrum licence); (g) radiocommunications device; (h) Register; (i) spectrum licence. (2) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a part of the spectrum or frequency band includes all frequencies that are greater than but not including the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.