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    •   world heritage properties
    •   national heritage places
    •   wetlands of international importance (often called 'Ramsar' wetlands after the international
        treaty under which such wetlands are listed)
    •   nationally threatened species and ecological communities
    •   migratory species
    •   Commonwealth marine areas
    •   the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    •   nuclear actions (including uranium mining)
    •   a water resource, in relation to coal seam gas development and large coal mining
        development.

There is no impact from the proposal see (EPBC Report Appendix 3)

Communications Alliance Ltd. Code C564:2020 Industry Code – Mobile Phone
Base Station Deployment
The Communications Alliance Ltd C564:2011 Industry Code – Mobile Phone Base Station
Deployment was first registered by the Australian Communications Media Authority (ACMA) in 2005
replacing the Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) ‘Industry Code – Deployment of
Mobile Phone Network Infrastructure’ (more commonly referred to as the ACIF Code)

The ACMA code has had a number of revisions in 2011, 2018 and the current revision version is the
C564:2020 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Industry Code.

The current Code outlines the purpose of the Code and the factors that have been taken into
account it its development.

The Code replaces the C564:2018 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment Industry Code. The
objectives of this revision to the Code are:

(a) to specify the public notification obligations for deployment of temporary facilities;

(b) to align the Code with legislative changes made to the Telecommunications (Low impact
Facilities) Determination 2018; and

(c) to clarify that the Code does not apply to certain activities under subclause 17(6) of Schedule 3 to
the Telecommunications Act 1997 that need to be carried out without delay.

The Code supplements the requirements already imposed on Carrier’s under the existing legislative
scheme by requiring them to consult with local communities and to adopt a Precautionary Principle
in the site selection, design and operation of mobile phone base stations.

The Code cannot change the existing regulatory regime for telecommunications at Local, State or
Federal level. However, it supplements the existing obligations of exposure to radio signals,
sometimes known as electromagnetic energy (EME or EMR). The Code imposes mandatory levels of
notification and community consultation for sites complying with the Telecommunications (Low
impact Facilities) Determination. It identifies varying levels of notification and/ or consultation
depending on the type and location of the infrastructure proposed. The subject proposal, not being
designated a ‘Low impact’ facility, is not subject to the notification or consultation requirements