1. Name

This instrument is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Re-allocation — 26GHz Band) Declaration 2019.

(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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 153B(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4 Interpretation

Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) ACMA;

(b) re-allocation deadline;

(d) spectrum;

(e) spectrum licence;

(f) spectrum re-allocation declaration.

Note 2: See also section 5, in relation to re-allocation deadline and re-allocation period.

(1) In this instrument:

Act means Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme or HCIS means the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme used as a part of the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 document published by the ACMA on its website, as the document existed at the time this instrument was made.

(2) In this instrument, a reference to a part of the spectrum includes all frequencies that are greater than the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.

5 Spectrum re-allocation

(1) The part of the spectrum from 25.1 GHz to 27.0 GHz is subject to re-allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act:

(a) by issuing spectrum licences under Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act (see section 153L of the Act); and

(b) with respect to the named areas listed in Items 1 to 27 in the table in subsection (4).

(2) The part of the spectrum from 27.0 GHz to 27.5 GHz is subject to re-allocation under Part 3.6 of the Act:

(a) by issuing spectrum licences under Subdivision B of Division 1 of Part 3.2 of the Act (see section 153L of the Act); and

(b) with respect to the named areas listed in Items 1 to 26, 28 and 29 in the table in subsection (4).

(3) For this spectrum re-allocation declaration:

(a) the re-allocation period is the period of 3 years beginning at the start of the 21st day after this instrument commences; and

(b) the re-allocation deadline is the end of the day before the second anniversary of the start of the re-allocation period.

(4) The area (named area) referred to in column 1 in the following table is to be ascertained as the composite of the areas, described using identifiers from the Hierarchical Cell Identification Scheme, set out in column 2.

Note 1: The HCIS is a naming convention for areas on the Australian Spectrum Map Grid 2012 (ASMG), which is a system used by the ACMA to define geographic areas for radiocommunications licensing. A document describing the ASMG and HCIS, as well as spatial datasets describing each HCIS area could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA’s website (http://www.acma.gov.au)

Note 2: A tool to convert lists of HCIS area descriptions, such as the list contained in the below table, into Placemark files to allow these areas to be visualised using computer mapping software could, at the time this instrument was made, be found on the ACMA’s website (http://www.acma.gov.au).

Areas with respect to which this spectrum re-allocation declaration applies
Item	Column 1 Named area	Column 2 Areas forming the named area (HCIS Identifiers)
1	Adelaide	IW3J, IW3K, IW3L, IW3N, IW3O, IW3P, IW6B, IW6C, IW6D, IW6F, IW6G, IW6H, IW3E5, IW3E6, IW3E8, IW3E9, IW3F4, IW3F5, IW3F6, IW3F7, IW3F8, IW3F9, IW3G4, IW3G5, IW3G6, IW3G7, IW3G8, IW3G9, IW3H4, IW3H5, IW3H6, IW3H7, IW3H8, IW3H9, IW3I2, IW3I3, IW3I5, IW3I6, IW3I8, IW3I9, IW3M2, IW3M3, IW3M5, IW3M6, IW3M8, IW3M9, IW6A2, IW6A3, IW6A5, IW6A6, IW6A8, IW6A9, IW6E2, IW6E3, IW6E5, IW6E6, IW6E8, IW6E9, IW6K1, IW6K2, IW6K3, IW6K4, IW6K5, IW6K6, IW6L1, JW1E4, JW1E7, JW1I1, JW1I4, JW1I7, JW1M1, JW1M4
2	Albany	BW3P7, BW3P8, BW3P9, BW6D1, BW6D2, BW6D3, BW6D4, BW6D5, BW6D6, CW1M7, CW4A1, CW4A4
3	Albury	LW8D, LW5P7, LW5P8, LW5P9, LW6M7, LW9A1, LW9A4, LW9A7
4	Armidale	NU7G8, NU7G9, NU7K2, NU7K3
5	Bendigo	KW9I5, KW9I6, KW9I8, KW9I9, KW9J4, KW9J5, KW9J6, KW9J7, KW9J8, KW9J9, KW9M2, KW9M3, KW9M5, KW9M6, KW9N1, KW9N2, KW9N3, KW9N4, KW9N5, KW9N6
6	Brisbane/ Lismore/ Sunshine Coast/ Toowoomba	NT9, NT5G, NT5H, NT5K, NT5L, NT5O, NT5P, NT6E, NT6F, NT6G, NT6H, NT6I, NT6J, NT6K, NT6L, NT6M, NT6N, NT6O, NT6P, NT7H, NT7L, NT8C, NT8D, NT8E, NT8F, NT8G, NT8H, NT8I, NT8J, NT8K, NT8L, NT8O, NT8P, NU3A, NU3B, NU3C, NU3D, NU3F, NU3G, NU3H, NU3J, NU3K, NU3L, NU3O, NU3P, NT5C4, NT5C5, NT5C6, NT5C7, NT5C8, NT5C9, NT5D4, NT5D5, NT5D6, NT5D7, NT5D8, NT5D9, NT6A4, NT6A5, NT6A6, NT6A7, NT6A8, NT6A9, NT6B4, NT6B5, NT6B6, NT6B7, NT6B8, NT6B9, NT6C4, NT6C5, NT6C6, NT6C7, NT6C8, NT6C9, NT6D4, NT6D5, NT6D6, NT6D7, NT6D8, NT6D9, NT7G2, NT7G3, NT7G5, NT7G6, NT7G8, NT7G9, NT7K2, NT7K3, NT7K5, NT7K6, NT7K8, NT7K9, NT7O2, NT7O3, NT7O5, NT7O6, NT7P1, NT7P2, NT7P3, NT7P4, NT7P5, NT7P6, NT8M1, NT8M2, NT8M3, NT8M4, NT8M5, NT8M6, NT8N1, NT8N2, NT8N3, NT8N4, NT8N5, NT8N6, NU2C1, NU2C2, NU2C3, NU2D1, NU2D2, NU2D3, NU2D5, NU2D6, NU2D8, NU2D9, NU2H2, NU2H3, NU3E1, NU3E2, NU3E3, NU3E5, NU3E6, NU3E8, NU3E9, NU3I2, NU3I3, NU3I6, NU3I9, NU3M3, NU3M6, NU3N1, NU3N2, NU3N3, NU3N4, NU3N5, NU3N6
7	Bundaberg/ Hervey Bay	NS8N, NS8O, NT2B, NT2C, NS8M2, NS8M3, NS8M5, NS8M6, NS8M8, NS8M9, NT2A2, NT2A3, NT2D7, NT2D8, NT2D9, NT2G1, NT2G2, NT2G3, NT2G4, NT2G5, NT2G6, NT2H1, NT2H2, NT2H3, NT2H4, NT2H5, NT2H6
8	Cairns	LQ1O, LQ1P, LQ1K7, LQ1K8, LQ1K9, LQ1L7, LQ1L8, LQ1L9, LQ4C1, LQ4C2, LQ4C3, LQ4C4, LQ4C5, LQ4C6, LQ4D1, LQ4D2, LQ4D3, LQ4D4, LQ4D5, LQ4D6
9	Canberra	MW5E, MW4D6, MW4D9, MW4H3, MW4H9, MW4L3, MW5A4, MW5A5, MW5A6, MW5A7, MW5A8, MW5A9, MW5B4, MW5B7, MW5F1, MW5F4, MW5F7, MW5I1, MW5I2, MW5I3, MW5J1
10	Coffs Harbour	NU9A, NU9E, NU8D9, NU8H3, NU8H6, NU8H9
11	Darwin	GO7C, GO7D, GO7G, GO7H, GO7K, GO7L, GO8A, GO8E, GO8I
12	Forster/ Tuncurry	NV5B6, NV5B9, NV5C4, NV5C5, NV5C7, NV5C8, NV5F3, NV5G1, NV5G2
13	Hobart	LY9N, LY9I8, LY9I9, LY9J7, LY9J8, LY9J9, LY9K7, LY9K8, LY9M2, LY9M3, LY9M5, LY9M6, LY9M8, LY9M9, LY9O1, LY9O2, LY9O4, LY9O5, LY9O7, LY9O8, LZ3A2, LZ3A3, LZ3B1,LZ3B2, LZ3B3, LZ3C1, LZ3C2
14	Launceston	LY6E, LY5H3, LY5H6, LY5H9, LY5L3, LY5L6, LY6F1, LY6F4, LY6F7, LY6I1, LY6I2, LY6I3, LY6I4, LY6I5, LY6I6, LY6J1, LY6J4
15	Mackay	MR8A, MR5M7, MR5M8, MR5M9
16	Margaret River	AV9P6, AV9P9, AW3D3, BV7M4, BV7M5, BV7M7, BV7M8, BW1A1, BW1A2
17	Melbourne/ Ballarat	KX2L, KX3I, KX3J, KX3K, KX3L, KX3N, KX3O, KX3P, KX6B, KX6C, KX6D, KX6F, KX6G, KX6H, KX6J, KX6K, KX6L, LX1I, LX1M, LX1N, LX1O, LX4A, LX4B, LX4C, LX4E, LX4I, KX2G9, KX2H7, KX2H8, KX2H9, KX2K3, KX2K6, KX2K9, KX3E7, KX3E8, KX3E9, KX3F7, KX3F8, KX3F9, KX3G7, KX3G8, KX3G9, KX3H4, KX3H5, KX3H6, KX3H7, KX3H8, KX3H9, KX3M2, KX3M3, KX3M5, KX3M6, KX3M8, KX3M9, KX6A2, KX6A3, KX6A5, KX6A6, KX6A8, KX6A9, KX6E2, KX6E3, KX6E5, KX6E6, KX6E8, KX6E9, KX6I2, KX6I3, KX6I5, KX6I6, KX6I8, KX6I9, LX1E4, LX1E7, LX1E8, LX1E9, LX1J1, LX1J4, LX1J5, LX1J6, LX1J7, LX1J8, LX1J9, LX1K4, LX1K7, LX4F1, LX4F2, LX4F4, LX4F5, LX4F7, LX4F8, LX4J1, LX4J2, LX4J4, LX4J5, LX4J7, LX4J8
18	Mildura	KW1A4, KW1A5, KW1A6, KW1A7, KW1A8, KW1A9, KW1E1, KW1E2, KW1E3
19	Port Macquarie	NV2H, NV2L1, NV2L2, NV2L3
20	Rockhampton	MS6F, MS6G, MS6B7, MS6B8, MS6B9, MS6C7, MS6C8, MS6C9, MS6J1, MS6J2, MS6J3, MS6K1, MS6K2, MS6K3
21	Shepparton/ Mooroopna	LW7F, LW7G1, LW7G4, LW7G7, LW7J1, LW7J2, LW7J3, LW7K1
22	Sydney/ Bathurst	NW1, MV8G, MV9I, MV9J, MV9K, MV9L, MV9M, MV9N, MV9O, MV9P, MW3C, MW3D, MW3G, MW3H, MW3K, MW3L, MW3O, MW3P, MW6C, MW6D, NV4N, NV4O, NV4P, NV5M, NV5N, NV5O, NV5P, NV7B, NV7C, NV7D, NV7E, NV7F, NV7G, NV7H, NV7I, NV7J, NV7K, NV7L, NV7M, NV7N, NV7O, NV7P, MV8F3, MV8F6, MV8F9, MV8H4, MV8H5, MV8H6, MV8H7, MV8H8, MV8H9, MV8J3, MV8K1, MV8K2, MV8K3, MV8L1, MV8L2, MV8L3, MV9D6, MV9D9, MV9E4, MV9E5, MV9E6, MV9E7, MV9E8, MV9E9, MV9F4, MV9F5, MV9F6, MV9F7, MV9F8, MV9F9, MV9G4, MV9G5, MV9G6, MV9G7, MV9G8, MV9G9, MV9H3, MV9H4, MV9H5, MV9H6, MV9H7, MV9H8, MV9H9, MW3B2, MW3B3, MW3B5, MW3B6, MW3B8, MW3B9, MW3F2, MW3F3, MW3F5, MW3F6, MW3F8, MW3F9, MW3J2, MW3J3, NV4I5, NV4I6, NV4I8, NV4I9, NV4J4, NV4J5, NV4J6, NV4J7, NV4J8, NV4J9, NV4K4, NV4K5, NV4K6, NV4K7, NV4K8, NV4K9, NV4L4, NV4L5, NV4L6, NV4L7, NV4L8, NV4L9, NV4M2, NV4M3, NV4M5, NV4M6, NV4M8, NV4M9, NV5I4, NV5I5, NV5I6, NV5I7, NV5I8, NV5I9, NV5J4, NV5J5, NV5J6, NV5J7, NV5J8, NV5J9, NV5K4, NV5K5, NV5K6, NV5K7, NV5K8, NV5K9, NV5L4, NV5L5, NV5L6, NV5L7, NV5L8, NV5L9, NV7A2, NV7A3, NV7A4, NV7A5, NV7A6, NV7A7, NV7A8, NV7A9
23	Townsville	LR2C, LR2D, LR2G, LR2H
24	Traralgon/ Morwell	LX5A6, LX5A8, LX5A9, LX5B4, LX5B5, LX5B6, LX5B7, LX5B8, LX5B9, LX5C4, LX5C5, LX5C7, LX5C8, LX5F1, LX5F2, LX5F3, LX5G1, LX5G2
25	Wagga Wagga	LW6B
26	Warrnambool	KX4F2, KX4F3, KX4F5, KX4F6, KX4F8, KX4F9, KX4G1, KX4G2, KX4G4, KX4G5, KX4G7, KX4G8
27	Perth/Bunbury	BV1I, BV1J, BV1K, BV1L, BV1M, BV1N, BV1O, BV1P, BV2I, BV2J, BV2M, BV2N, BV4A, BV4B, BV4C, BV4D, BV4E, BV4F, BV4G, BV4H, BV4I, BV4J, BV4K, BV4L, BV4O, BV5A, BV5B, BV5E, BV5F, BV5I, BV5J, BV7C, BV7G, BV1E7, BV1E8, BV1E9, BV1F7, BV1F8, BV1F9, BV1G7, BV1G8, BV1G9, BV1H7, BV1H8, BV1H9, BV2E7, BV2E8, BV2E9, BV2F7, BV2F8, BV2F9, BV4M1, BV4M2, BV4M3, BV4N1, BV4N2, BV4N3, BV4P1, BV4P2, BV4P3, BV4P4, BV4P5, BV4P7, BV4P8, BV5M1, BV5M2, BV5M3, BV5N1, BV5N2, BV5N3, BV7D1, BV7D2, BV7D4, BV7D5, BV7D7, BV7D8, BV7H1, BV7H2, BV7H4, BV7H5, BV7H7, BV7H8, BV7K1, BV7K2, BV7K3, BV7L1, BV7L2
28	Bunbury	BV7G, BV7C4, BV7C5, BV7C6, BV7C7, BV7C8, BV7C9, BV7D4, BV7D5, BV7D7, BV7D8, BV7H1, BV7H2, BV7H4, BV7H5, BV7H7, BV7H8, BV7K1, BV7K2, BV7K3, BV7L1, BV7L2
29	Perth	BV1I, BV1J, BV1K, BV1L, BV1M, BV1N, BV1O, BV1P, BV2I, BV2J, BV2M, BV2N, BV4A, BV4B, BV4C, BV4D, BV4E, BV4F, BV4G, BV4H, BV4I, BV4J, BV4K, BV4L, BV5A, BV5B, BV5E, BV5F, BV5I, BV5J, BV1E7, BV1E8, BV1E9, BV1F7, BV1F8, BV1F9, BV1G7, BV1G8, BV1G9, BV1H7, BV1H8, BV1H9, BV2E7, BV2E8, BV2E9, BV2F7, BV2F8, BV2F9, BV4M1, BV4M2, BV4M3, BV4N1, BV4N2, BV4N3, BV4O1, BV4O2, BV4O3, BV4P1, BV4P2, BV4P3, BV5M1, BV5M2, BV5M3, BV5N1, BV5N2, BV5N3