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Part 4 After allocation
4.1 Purpose of this Part
4.2 Registration of spectrum licences
4.3 Third party use
4.4 Trading in spectrum licences
4.5 Trading rules
4.6 Agreements about emission limits
4.7 Spectrum licences that are about to expire
4.8 Re‑issue of spectrum licences
Schedule 1 Categories
Schedule 2 Lots
Schedule 3 Regions
Schedule 4 Emission limits outside of the area
Schedule 5 Emission limits outside the band
Schedule 6 Specified fixed licences
Schedule 7 Sample spectrum licence – 1800 MHz band

Part 1 Introduction

1.1 Name of Plan
  This Plan is the Radiocommunications Spectrum Marketing Plan (1800 MHz Band) 2015.

1.2 Commencement
  This Plan commences on the day after it is registered.
Note All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.

1.3 Purpose of this Plan
  This Plan describes:

        (a)   the procedures and timetable for issuing spectrum licences in the 1800 MHz band;

        (b)   the spectrum licences that will be allocated by the ACMA in accordance with this Plan;

        (c)   some of the matters a licensee must take into account when operating radiocommunications devices under a spectrum licence allocated in accordance with this Plan; and

        (d)   other matters which a person should take into account when deciding whether to apply for a spectrum licence under the allocation determination.

1.4 Definitions
      (1) In this Plan:
      1800 MHz band: see subsections (1A) and (1B).

      1800 MHz (unallocated lots) band has the meaning given by section 5 of the Radiocommunications Spectrum Marketing Plan (1800 MHz unallocated lots band) 2017.

      Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
      advisory guidelines means the following documents made by the ACMA under section 262 of the Act:

        (a)   Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Additional Device Boundary Criteria – 1800 MHz Lower Band) 2012;

        (b)   Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference to Spectrum Licensed Receivers – 1800 MHz Band) 2012; and

        (c)   Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference from Spectrum Licensed Transmitters – 1800 MHz Band) 2012.
     allocation determination means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Allocation – 1800 MHz Band) Determination 2015.
     applicant information package has the meaning given by subsection 1.4 (1) of the allocation determination.
     auction has the meaning given by subsection 2.3 (1).
     Australian spectrum map grid (ASMG) means the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012, published by the ACMA, as existing from time to time.
     designation notice means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation) Notice No. 1 of 2014.
      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 (HCIS) means the cell grouping hierarchy scheme used to describe