Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00058:clause:3_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00058
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 96428–98956

1  Working out density types for spectrum accesses – general rules
 (1) The high density type is the density type for a spectrum access if:
 (a) the spectrum access consists of a particular location or a particular area; and
 (b) the location or area is in, or includes all or part of, the Sydney area, the Melbourne area or the Brisbane area; and
 (c) sub-item (5) does not apply in relation to the spectrum access.
 (2) The medium density type is the density type for a spectrum access if:
 (a) the spectrum access consists of a particular location or a particular area; and
 (b) the location or area is not in, and does not include any part of, the Sydney area, the Melbourne area or the Brisbane area; and
 (c) the location or area is in, or includes all or part of, the Perth area, the Adelaide area or the Newcastle area; and
 (d) sub-item (5) does not apply in relation to the spectrum access.
 (3) The low density type is the density type for a spectrum access if:
 (a) the spectrum access consists of a particular location or a particular area; and
 (b) the location or area is not in, and does not include any part of, any of the following:
 (i) the Sydney area;
 (ii) the Melbourne area;
 (iii) the Brisbane area;
 (iv) the Perth area;
 (v) the Adelaide area;
 (vi) the Newcastle area; and
 (c) the location or area is in, or includes all or part of, any of the following:
 (i) the East Australia area;
 (ii) the Western Australia area;
 (iii) the Tasmania area;
 (iv) the Darwin area; and
 (d) sub-item (5) does not apply in relation to the spectrum access.
 (4) The remote density type is the density type for a spectrum access if:
 (a) the spectrum access consists of a particular location or a particular area; and
 (b) the location or area is not in, and does not include all or any part of, an area defined in Part 2 of this Schedule; and
 (c) sub-item (5) does not apply in relation to the spectrum access.
 (5) The Australia wide density type is the density type for a spectrum access if the spectrum access is:
 (a) a spectrum access for a licence that authorises the operation of a radiocommunications transmitter anywhere in Australia; or
 (b) a spectrum access for a space licence that authorises the operation of a space station to transmit to an earth receive station anywhere in Australia.
Note: The ACMA maintains a map of what constitutes Australia under the Radiocommunications Act 1992. The map is available, free of charge, on the ACMA's website at www.acma.gov.au. It is located with the Register