C564:2020 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment
Explanatory Statement (pdf 115kb)
The Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Code is designed to:
- provide greater transparency to local community and councils when a Carrier is planning, selecting sites for, installing and operating mobile phone radiocommunications infrastructure; and
- allow the community and councils to have greater participation in the decision-making process of Carriers when deploying mobile phone base stations.
The revised Code includes a new public notification obligation that requires mobile carriers to inform local councils and local communities before they deploy temporary mobile phone radiocommunications infrastructure (temporary facilities).
Further information on the deployment of mobile phone towers and links to industry and regulatory information can be found here.
Example notification letter under Section 5.2 of the Code
Example notification letter under Section 6 of the Code
Example of close proximity and immediate vicinity in a residential / commercial area referred to under Section 5.2 of the Code
Example of close proximity and immediate vicinity in a commercial area referred to under Section 5.2 of the Code