Radiocommunications (Ministerial Policy Statement – Expiring Spectrum Licences) Instrument 2024 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Ministerial Policy Statement – Expiring Spectrum Licences) Instrument 2024

I, Michelle Rowland, Minister for Communications, make the following notifiable instrument.

Dated 23 April 2024

Michelle Rowland Minister for Communications

Contents Part 1 – Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2 - Ministerial Policy Statement – Expiring Spectrum Licences 5 Introduction 6 Supporting service continuity for end users, particularly where no alternative service is available 7 Facilitating opportunities for new entrants and use cases, including for low earth orbit satellites 8 Connectivity and investment in regional and remote areas to deliver improved services to end users 9 Promote competition 10 Capacity for sustained investment and innovation

Part 1 – Preliminary

1 Name This notifiable instrument is the Radiocommunications (Ministerial Policy Statement – Expiring Spectrum Licences) Instrument 2024.

2 Commencement This notifiable instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered.

3 Authority This notifiable instrument is made under subsection 28B(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4 Definitions In this notifiable instrument, unless the contrary intention appears: ACCC means the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Ministerial policy statement has the meaning given by section 28B of the Radiocommunications Act 1992. spectrum licence means a spectrum licence issued under Part 3.2 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Part 2 - Ministerial Policy Statement – Expiring Spectrum Licences

5 Introduction

The object of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 (the Act) is "to promote the long-term public interest derived from the use of the spectrum by providing for the management of the spectrum in a manner that: