Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01257:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01257
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1298–4255

5  Definitions
  In this instrument:
3.4 GHz band means the following frequency ranges in Australia:
 (a) 3425 MHz to 3492.5 MHz;
 (b) 3542.5 MHz to 3575 MHz.
3.4 GHz lot has the meaning given by subsection 4(1) of the allocation determination.
3.4 GHz (unallocated lots) band means the following frequency ranges within the corresponding areas:
 (a) 3439 MHz to 3442.5 MHz in Adelaide, Hobart and Launceston;
 (b) 3489 MHz to 3490 MHz in Hobart and Launceston;
 (c) 3490 MHz to 3492.5 MHz in Brisbane B, Canberra A, Hobart, Launceston, Rockhampton and Toowoomba;
 (d) 3542.5 MHz to 3546 MHz in Brisbane B, Canberra A, Rockhampton, Sydney B and Toowoomba;
 (e) 3546 MHz to 3547 MHz in Brisbane B, Canberra A, Rockhampton and Toowoomba; and
 (f) 3547 MHz to 3575 MHz in Brisbane B;
       where each corresponding area is to be ascertained in accordance with subsection 5(2) of the designation notice.
Note: Each named area is also a region specified in Schedule 2.
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 — 3.4 GHz Band) 2015; and
 (b) Radiocommunications Advisory Guidelines (Managing Interference to Spectrum Licensed Receivers — 3.4 GHz Band) 2015.
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.
designation notice means the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designation—2 GHz and 3.4 GHz Bands) Notice 2017.
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.
licence schedule