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Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Limits—850/900 MHz Band) Direction 2021

I, Paul Fletcher, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts, give the following direction to the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Dated 1 August 2021

Paul Fletcher
Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts

 1 Name
  This instrument is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Limits—850/900 MHz Band) Direction 2021.

 2 Commencement
 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1                           Column 2                                      Column 3
Provisions                         Commencement                                  Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument.  The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

 3 Authority
  This instrument is made under subsection 60(10) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

 4 Interpretation
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) ACMA;
(b) spectrum;
(c) spectrum licence.
 (1) In this instrument:
800 MHz band means the following parts of the spectrum:
 (a) 825 MHz to 845 MHz;
 (b) 870 MHz to 890 MHz.
850/900 MHz band means the parts of the spectrum that are subject to re‑allocation under the re‑allocation declaration.
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
associate means:
 (a) in relation to a person that is a body corporate:
 (i) a director or secretary of the body; or
 (ii) a related body corporate; or
 (iii) a director or secretary of a related body corporate; or
 (iv) an individual who controls at least 15% of the voting power or holds at least 15% of the issued shares in the body; or
 (b) in relation to a person that is an individual:
 (i) the individual's spouse; or
 (ii) the individual's de facto partner within the meaning of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; or
 (iii) a body corporate in which the individual controls at least 15% of the voting power or holds at least 15% of the issued shares; or
 (iv) a body corporate of which the individual is a director or secretary; or
 (v) a body corporate that is a related body corporate in relation to a body corporate of which the individual is a director or secretary; or
 (c) in relation to any person (the first person)—any