Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00156:schedule:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00156
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 3
Character Range: 14168–16158

Schedule 3—Metropolitan area, regional area and rural area
         (subsection 4(1))

       1  The metropolitan area, the regional area and the rural area

        (1) The metropolitan area is:
 (a) the area named in column 1 of item 1 of the table; and
 (b) ascertained as the composite of the areas described using the identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme set out in column 2 of the item.

        (2) The regional area is:
 (a) the area named in column 1 of item 2 of the table; and
 (b) ascertained as the composite of the areas described using the identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme set out in column 2 of the item.

        (3) The rural area is:
 (a) the area named in column 1 of item 3 of the table; and
 (b) ascertained as the composite of the areas described using the identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme set out in column 2 of the item.

        (4) In this Schedule, Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme means the cell grouping hierarchy scheme used to describe areas in the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012, published by the ACMA on its website at www.acma.gov.au.
Note 1: The Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme is a system, set out in the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012, used by the ACMA to define geographic areas for radiocommunications licensing.
Note 2: The Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 is available, free of charge, from the ACMA's website at www.acma.gov.au.
Note 3: A tool to convert lists of Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme identifiers, such as the lists in the table, into Placemark files to allow these areas to be visualised using computer mapping software is available from the ACMA's website at www.acma.gov.au.

       Table Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme identifiers for the metropolitan area, regional area and rural area

Item  Column 1           Column 2
      Area               Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme identifiers for the area