Radiocommunications (Approval of Manner of Applications – Spectrum Licence Renewal) Instrument 2026

Radiocommunications (Approval of Manner of Applications – Spectrum Licence Renewal) Instrument 2026

Dated: 21 May 2026

Adam Suckling

[signed]

Member

Michael Brealey

[signed]

General Manager

1  Name

  This is the Radiocommunications (Approval of Manner of Applications – Spectrum Licence Renewal) Instrument 2026.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences at the start of the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note 1: The Federal Register of Legislation is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: This instrument is a notifiable instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraph 77A(4)(a) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4  Interpretation

  In this instrument:

accredited person means a person who holds an accreditation of the type specified in the Radiocommunications Accreditation (General) Rules 2021.

Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

application form means a form approved under paragraph 77A(4)(b) of the Act.

required information means such information and documents that have been specified by the ACMA under subsections 77A(6) and 77A(7) of the Act, that must accompany an application.

Note 1: The required information has been specified by the ACMA by legislative instrument in the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Licence Renewal – Information and Documents) Instrument 2026.

Note 2: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) ACMA;

(b) accreditation;

(c) licence.

5  References to other instruments

  In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

 (a) a reference to a legislative instrument is a reference to that legislative instrument as in force from time to time; and

 (b) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or existing from time to time.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to notifiable instruments.

Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note 3: See section 314A of the Act.

6  Approval of manner of application – licence renewal

 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 77A(4)(a) of the Act, the ACMA approves each manner that is set out in this section for making an application under subsection 77A(1) of the Act.

Note: This section does not affect the operation of subsection 77A(10) of the Act, which deems an application for renewal to be made in certain circumstances.

Electronic provision of application by the applicant

 (2) A person (the applicant) may:

 (a) send, by email, an electronic copy of a completed application form to the ACMA; and

 (b)  if the application must be accompanied by required information – provide the required information by uploading it to an electronic file sharing system managed by the ACMA.

Electronic provision of application by an accredited person

 (3) The applicant may arrange for an accredited person to:

 (a) send, by email, an electronic copy of a completed application form to the ACMA; and

 (b) if the application must be accompanied by required information – provide the required information by uploading it to an electronic file sharing system managed by the ACMA.

Electronic provision of application form – format and address

 (4) For paragraphs (2)(a) and (3)(a):

 (a) the completed application form must be attached to the email in Word format or Portable Document Format (PDF); and

 (b) the applicant or accredited person must send the email to the ACMA by addressing it to ESL@acma.gov.au

Note: For paragraph (2)(b) and (3)(b), the ACMA will provide applicants written instructions to access the electronic file sharing system.

Example: Microsoft Teams is an electronic file sharing system.