State Environmental Planning Policy (Transport and Infrastructure) 2021

Definitions In this Division and Schedule 4— ancillary facilities to a telecommunications facility means any of the following— (a) safety rails, fences or guards, (b) staircases or ladders, (c) steel walkways, (d) spreader beams supporting shelters, (e) screens or shrouds, (f) cable trays, (g) pole, rail or pedestal mounts, (h) electromagnetic energy, safety or operational signage, (i) anti-climbing devices, (j) power supply such as cabling, standby generators or small solar arrays, (k) raised platforms on flood liable land, (l) band-pass filters that pass radio frequency in both directions through a common connector while providing isolation between ports, For example— A triplexer, splitter or combiner. (m) remote radio transceivers that connect to an operator radio control panel through an electrical or wireless interface, For example— A remote radio unit or remote radio head. (n) low-noise amplifiers mounted to or near the antenna in mobile masts or base transceiver stations. For example— A tower mounted amplifier or mast head amplifier. array of antennas means two or more antennas connected and arranged in a regular structure to form a single antenna. carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth. Civil Aviation Safety Authority means the Civil Aviation Safety Authority established under the Civil Aviation Act 1988 of the Commonwealth. co-location purpose means for the purpose of placing the telecommunications facilities of two or more carriers on the same support structure. directional antenna means an antenna that focuses a narrow beam in a single specific direction, and includes an array of such antennas. Electromagnetic Radiation Standard means the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard 2014 made under section 162 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 of the Commonwealth. emergency , in relation to a telecommunications facility, means circumstances in which the facility must be installed without delay to protect— (a) the integrity of a telecommunications network or a facility, or (b) the health or safety of persons, or (c) the environment, or (d) property, or (e) the maintenance of an adequate level of service. fibre access node means a facility that houses equipment for the purposes of a fibre to the premises distribution network. fibre to the premises distribution network means an extensive network of optical fibre cables reaching all the way to the particular premises to which communications services are provided. heritage item means a local heritage item or a State heritage item. interconnect point means a facility that contains connection points for connection to a distribution network by wholesale or retail telecommunications service providers. maintenance activities , in relation to a telecommunications facility, means painting, restoration or minor replacement of materials, elements, components, equipment or fixtures that comprise the facility for the purposes of maintaining or ensuring the proper functioning of the facility. microcell installation means an installation that comprises one or more antennas and associated equipment cabinets for use in supplementing a mobile phone network in heavy usage areas by providing localised additional coverage or extra call capacity (or both). Mobile Phone Base Station Code means the Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code C564:2020 published by Communications Alliance Ltd. omnidirectional antenna means an antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all directions, and includes— (a) an array of such antennas, and (b) such an antenna for repeater installations, global positioning systems and the like. panel antenna means a directional antenna that is flat and has a panel-like appearance. premises connection device means an external or pole mounted enclosure used in fibre to the premises distribution networks. Radiation Protection Standard means the Radiation Protection Standard entitled Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields—3 kHz to 300 GHz (2002, Radiation Protection Series No 3, as republished in 2016) published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. riser pole means a structure, involving a support and post, attached to a building and extending vertically to facilitate a connection to premises by providing a safe clearance height. subscriber connection means an installation for the sole purpose of connecting premises to a telecommunications network. support mount , in relation to a telecommunications facility, means a structure to support the facility, but does not include a tower. telecommunications facility means— (a) any part of the infrastructure of a telecommunications network, or (b) any line, cable, optical fibre, fibre access node, interconnect point, equipment, apparatus, tower, mast, antenna, dish, tunnel, duct, hole, pit, pole or other structure in connection with a telecommunications network, or (c) any other thing used in or in connection with a telecommunications network. telecommunications network has the same definition as it has in the Standard Instrument. Note. The Standard Instrument defines telecommunications network as follows— telecommunications network means a system, or series of systems, that carries, or is capable of carrying, communications by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or both. tower means a freestanding ground-based structure that supports a telecommunications facility at a height where it can satisfactorily send and receive radio waves, but does not include the facility. yagi antenna means an antenna that radiates in only one direction, consisting of one or two dipoles connected to the transmitting or receiving circuit, and several insulated dipoles all parallel and about equally spaced in a line. s 2.140: Am 2022 (132), Sch 1[8]–[10]; 2025 (692), Sch 1[82].