Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designated Primarily for Broadcasting Purposes) Notice 2014

 

 

Radiocommunications Act 1992

 

Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designated Primarily for Broadcasting Purposes) Notice 2014

 

I, MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL, Minister for Communications, having consulted with the Australian Communications and Media Authority, make the following Notice under subsection 31(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

 

Dated: 22 December 2014

 

 

 

 

MALCOLM BLIGH TURNBULL

Minister for Communications


 

This Notice is the Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designated Primarily for Broadcasting Purposes) Notice 2014.

 

This Notice commences on 1 January 2015.

 

In this Notice:

Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Former Broadcasting Services Bands Designation Notice means the notice titled ‘Assignment of Part of the Spectrum to the Australian Broadcasting Authority for Planning’ dated 5 October 1992 originally made under subsection 18(3) of the former Radiocommunications Act 1983.

Note: The Broadcasting Services Bands Designation Notice is taken to have been made under subsection 31(1) of the Act as a result of the provisions in section 4 of the Radiocommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 and section 8 of Schedule 4 to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2005.

 

 

 

Radiocommunications (Spectrum Designated Primarily for Broadcasting Purposes) Notice 2014

 

The Former Broadcasting Services Bands Designation Notice is revoked.

 

(1)     The parts of the spectrum identified in the Schedule are:

(a)      designated as being primarily for broadcasting purposes; and

(b)     referred to the Australian Communications and Media Authority for planning under Part 3 of Broadcasting Services Act 1992

(2)     In this Notice, the range of numbers that identifies a frequency band includes the higher but not the lower number.

 

 

Schedule

Broadcasting Services Bands

 

526.5

to

1606.5 kHz

45

to

52 MHz

56

to

70 MHz

85

to

108 MHz

137

to

144 MHz

174

to

230 MHz

520

to

694 MHz