Radiocommunications (Unacceptable Levels of Interference — 2 GHz Band) Determination Variation 2017 (No. 1) (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Unacceptable Levels of Interference — 2 GHz Band) Determination Variation 2017 (No. 1)

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following instrument under subsection 145(4) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 18 August 2017

Richard Bean

[signed]

Member

James Cameron

[signed]

Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1  Name

This is the Radiocommunications (Unacceptable Levels of Interference — 2 GHz Band) Determination Variation 2017 (No. 1).

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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	At the same time as the Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Determination 2017 commences.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 145(4) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4  Amendments

  The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Radiocommunications (Unacceptable Levels of Interference — 2 GHz Band) Determination 2016 (F2016L01709)

1  Section 5 Interpretation

Before the definition of “horizontally radiated power”, insert:

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 geographic areas in the ASMG 2012.

2  Subsection 9(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(4)        For the purpose of subsection (3), device details means the details for a radiocommunications transmitter set out in paragraphs 10(3)(a), 10(3)(b), 10(3)(c), 10(3)(d), 10(4)(d) and subsection 10(5) of the Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Determination 2017.

(5)       A level of interference mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) is not unacceptable in relation to a part of the device boundary of the radiocommunications transmitter that:

(a)        lies outside the geographic area of the spectrum licence;

(b)        falls within the area defined by the HCIS identifier MW4H6; and

(c)        operates in the 1920-1930 MHz or 2110-2120 MHz frequency range.