Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01084:clause:1_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01084
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1
Character Range: 5972–8230

1  Definitions
  In this Schedule:
area population, for a geographic area, means the population of that geographic area, determined in accordance with the HCIS population data document.
Australian population means 25,362,351.
base amount: see subclause 2(1).
expiry date, for a spectrum licence, means the last day of the period specified in the licence for the purposes of subsection 65(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
geographic area, in relation to a licensed frequency range in a spectrum licence, means the area specified in the core condition mentioned in paragraph 66(1)(c) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 for that licensed frequency range.
HCIS population data document means the document that sets out population data for areas in Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme levels 1 to 4 in the set of documents entitled Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme (HCIS) – List of Population Data, published by the ACMA on its website and as existing at the commencement of the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2022 (No.1).
Note 1: The geographic area in relation to a licensed frequency range in a spectrum licence is described by reference to Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme identifiers, in accordance with the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012.
Note 2: The HCIS population data document and the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 are both available, free of charge, from the ACMA website at www.acma.gov.au.
Note 3: The HCIS population data document is incorporated as existing at the time the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Tax) Amendment Determination 2022 (No.1) commenced. At that time, the HCIS population data document was based on population data reported in the 2021 census of Population and Housing.
last anniversary, for a spectrum licence, means the anniversary of the initial holding date for the licence occurring less than 12 months before the expiry date for the licence.
licensed frequency range, in a spectrum licence, means a part of the spectrum specified in the core condition mentioned in paragraph 66(1)(a) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
relevant frequency band: see subclause 2(1).
SL bandwidth: see subclause 2(2).
total specified spectrum: see subclause 2(1).