Draft new mobile base station industry code released

The Communications Alliance has released a new Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment draft industry code (PDF) for public comment.

The 2018 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Industry Code (C564:2018) replaces the registered 2011 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Industry Code (C564:2011).

The code is designed to:

• enable the community and councils to have greater participation in decisions made by carriers when deploying mobile phone base stations;
• provide greater transparency to local community and councils when a carrier is planning, selecting sites for, installing and operating Mobile Phone Radiocommunications Infrastructure.
   

Although the code cannot change the regulatory and legislative regime at local, State or Federal level, it can supplement the existing requirements already imposed on carriers by requiring them to consult with the local community and to adopt a precautionary approach in planning, installing and operating Mobile Phone Radiocommunications Infrastructure.

The 2018 revision of the code includes:

• updates to notifications provided when more than one site address exists;
• updates to address changes made to Australia Post’s standard delivery times, blackout periods for notifications and the inclusion of electronic communications;
• refinements to the handling of complaints;
• changes to address the current way stakeholders are notified via newspaper, electronically and social media;
• amendments to address the introduction of new technologies;
• the review and revision of the appendices to ensure the information provided is relevant and up to date.
   

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