Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01256:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01256
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1386–4376

5  Definitions
  In this instrument:
2.3 GHz band means the frequency range 2302 MHz to 2400 MHz throughout Australia, as designated in the designation notice.
2.3 GHz lot has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
2.3 GHz (unallocated lots) band means the following frequency ranges within the 2.3 GHz band within the following regions:
 (a) 2365 MHz to 2400 MHz in Cameron Corner, Geraldton/Kalgoorlie and Kimberley;
 (b) 2337 MHz to 2365 MHz in Central Australia, Gold Fields and Mid West Radio Quiet Zone;
 (c) 2302 MHz to 2330 MHz in Outer ACT;
 (d) 2302 MHz to 2400 MHz in Delamere and Telfer Mine; and
 (e) 2393 MHz to 2400 MHz in Melbourne and NSW East.
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
advisory guidelines means one or both of the following:
 (a) Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Spectrum Licensed Transmitters — 2.3 GHz Band) 2013; and
 (b) Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference to Spectrum Licensed Receivers — 2.3 GHz Band) 2013.
Note: The advisory guidelines are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
allocation determination means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation – Multi-band Auction) Determination 2017.
applicant has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
applicant information package has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
auction has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
Australian spectrum map grid or ASMG means the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 published by the ACMA on its website at https://www.acma.gov.au.
balance of the pre-determined price has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
balance of the winning price has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
deep space Earth station receiver means an Earth station receiver operated in the 2290-2300 MHz band.
designation notice means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation) Notice No. 1 of 2000.
earth station has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2015.
first and second rounds of the auction has the same meaning as in section 56 of the allocation determination.
front-to-back ratio, for an antenna, is the response of the highest peak of the antenna radiation pattern in the region 180 degrees ±40 degrees (i.e. azimuths from 140° to 220°) relative to the main beam.
geographic area, for a spectrum licence, means the area within which operation of a radiocommunications device is authorised under the licence.
HCIS identifier means an identifier used to describe a geographic area in the HCIS.
hierarchical cell identifier scheme or HCIS means the cell grouping hierarchy scheme used to describe geographic areas in the ASMG.
ITU Radio Regulations means the Radio Regulations published by the International Telecommunication Union.
Note: Copies of