Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01407:reg:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01407
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5
Character Range: 2438–4477

5  Spectrum re-allocation
 (1) The following parts of the spectrum are subject to re‑allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act in accordance with subsection (2):
 (a) 814 MHz to 825 MHz ;
 (b) 859 MHz to 870 MHz;
 (c) 890 MHz to 915 MHz;
 (d) 935 MHz to 960 MHz.
 (2) The parts of the spectrum referred to in subsection 5(1) are subject to re‑allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act:
 (a) by issuing spectrum licences under Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act (see section 153L of the Act); and
 (b) with respect to the named area in the table in subsection (4).
 (3) For this spectrum re-allocation declaration:
 (a) the re-allocation period is the period beginning at the time this instrument commences and ending on 30 June 2024; and
 (b) the re-allocation deadline is 30 June 2023.
 (4) The area (named area) referred to in column 1 in the following table is to be ascertained as the composite of the areas, described using identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme, set out in column 2:
Note 1: The HCIS is a naming convention for areas on the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 (ASMG), which is a system used by the ACMA to define geographic areas for radiocommunications licensing. A document describing the ASMG and HCIS, as well as spatial datasets describing each HCIS area could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA's website (http://www.acma.gov.au).
Note 2: A tool to convert lists of HCIS area descriptions, such as the list contained in the below table, into Placemark files to allow these areas to be visualised using computer mapping software could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA's website (http://www.acma.gov.au).

Area with respect to which this spectrum re-allocation declaration applies
Item                                                                        Column 1              Column 2
                                                                            Named Area            Areas forming the named area (HCIS Identifiers)