Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00057:reg:5:p1
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Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 994–3655

5  Interpretation
 (1) In this instrument:
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Act means the Radiocommunications (Receiver Licence Tax) Act 1983.
Note: Section 3 of the Act provides that the Radiocommunications Taxes Collection Act 1983 is incorporated and shall be read as one with the Act.
ASMG means the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012, published by the ACMA on its website.
Note: The ASMG is available, free of charge, on the ACMA's website at www.acma.gov.au.
Australia has the same meaning as in the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
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 of Radiocommunications Licences on that website.
Australian Map Grid means the map projection based on the Australian geodetic datum defined in Gazette No. 84 of 6 October 1966 at page 4984.
Note 1: Gazette No. 84 is available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au. The Australian geodetic datum defined in that Gazette is known as AGD66.
Note 2: For more information about the Australian Map Grid, see the website of the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping at www.icsm.gov.au.
Australian waters means the offshore areas in respect of the States and Territories.
base station means a station established at a fixed location specified in a licence.
CDMA technology means radiocommunications technology that uses code-division multiple access.
density type for a spectrum access: see Schedule 3.
eligible person: see subsection (2).
HCIS block means:
 (a)  a Level 1 HCIS block; or
 (b) a grouping of Level 1 HCIS blocks, identified by a unique HCIS identifier.
Note: In the ASMG, HCIS blocks are identified by the terms HCIS Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4.
HCIS cell means a division of a Level 1 HCIS block, identified by a unique HCIS identifier.
Note: In the ASMG, HCIS cells are identified by the terms HCIS Levels 0 and 00.
HCIS identifier means an identifier used in the ASMG to identify a geographic area consisting of an HCIS block or an HCIS cell.
Level 1 HCIS block means a five minute of arc square cell in the ASMG, identified by a unique HCIS identifier.
Note: In the ASMG, Level 1 HCIS blocks are identified by the term HCIS Level 1.
Level 2 HCIS block means an HCIS block that is identified as a Level 2 block in the ASMG.
Note: In the ASMG, a Level 2 HCIS block is made up of 9 Level 1 HCIS blocks, in a 3 x 3 square.
licence means a receiver licence.
licence period, for a licence, means the period:
 (a) commencing