Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Land Mobile Licence) Determination 2015 (Cth)

Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Land Mobile Licence) Determination 2015

Radiocommunications Act 1992 The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Determination under paragraph 107(1)(f) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 11th June 2015

Chris Chapman [signed] Member

Richard Bean [signed] Member /General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

Part 1 – Preliminary 1 Name of Determination This Determination is the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Land Mobile Licence) Determination 2015. 2 Commencement This Determination commences on the day after it is registered. Note All legislative instruments must be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments required to be maintained under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. 2A Revocation The Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Land Mobile Licence) Determination No. 1 of 1997 [F2005B01216] is revoked. 3 Application (1) For the purposes of paragraph 107(1)(f) of the Act, this Determination sets out conditions to which a land mobile licence is subject, in the following manner: (a) every land mobile licence (paging system station) is subject to the conditions on the operation of a paging system under the licence in Part 2; (b) every land mobile licence (ambulatory station) is subject to the conditions on the operation of an ambulatory station under the licence in Part 3; (c) every land mobile licence (land mobile system station) is subject to the conditions on the operation of a land mobile system station under the licence in Part 4; (d) every land mobile licence (PABX cordless telephone service) is subject to the conditions on the operation of a land station under the licence in Part 5; (e) every land mobile licence (CB repeater station) is subject to the conditions on the operation of a CB repeater station under the licence in Part 6; and (f) every land mobile licence is subject to the condition on the operation of a station under the licence in Part 7. (2) If a condition in this Determination is inconsistent with a condition specified in the licence, the condition specified in the licence applies. 4 Interpretation (1) In this Determination, unless the contrary intention appears: base station, in relation to a licence, means the land station to which the licence relates that is established at a fixed point on land mentioned in the licence. bi-directional amplifier system means a land station, specified in a land mobile licence (land mobile system station), that: (a) is established for communication within the licensed land mobile system stations to provide coverage in an enclosed area; (b) can be used with leaky feeder cable; and (c) consists of: (i) one or more transmitters that transmit on frequencies used by the base station and mobile stations in the land mobile system; or (ii) one or more receivers that receive on frequencies used by the base station and mobile stations in the land mobile system. CB means a citizen band radio service. exterior paging system means a paging system in an exterior paging application, whether or not the system includes an interior paging system operating on the same frequency. interior paging system means a paging system in an interior paging application. land mobile licence (ambulatory station) means a land mobile licence authorising an operator to operate an ambulatory station. land mobile licence (CB repeater station) means a land mobile licence authorising an operator to operate a CB repeater station. land mobile licence (land mobile system station) means a land mobile licence authorising an operator to operate a land mobile system station. land mobile licence (PABX cordless telephone service) means a land mobile licence authorising an operator to operate a land station in a PABX cordless telephone service. land mobile licence (paging system station) means a land mobile licence authorising an operator to operate a paging system station. licence means: (a) a land mobile licence (ambulatory station); (b) a land mobile licence (CB repeater station); (c) a land mobile licence (land mobile system station); (d) a land mobile licence (PABX cordless telephone service); or (e) a land mobile licence (paging system station); or any combination of them, as the context requires. main station means the land station, to which a land mobile licence (paging system station) relates, established for one way communications with: (a) 1 or more land stations; or (b) 1 or more paging receivers; in a paging system. operator, in relation to a licence, means: (a) the licensee; and (b) any person authorised under section 114 of the Act by the licensee to operate a station under the licence. overlay paging receiver means a device that is capable of receiving paging information from the base station of a land mobile system. PABX means a private automatic branch exchange. remote control station means a land station established to achieve remote control of 1 or more other land stations used for communicating with land mobile stations. supplementary base station means a land station established for use with a land mobile system's base station. supplementary main station means a land station established for use with a paging system's main station. time out timer means a function that disables the transmitter of a mobile or remote control station after a predetermined time. transportable CB repeater station means a CB repeater station that is not permanently established at a location. Note 1 In accordance with paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, other expressions in this Determination have the same meaning as in the Act, including: * ACMA (see section 5) * device (see section 9) * interference (see section 5) * permit (see section 5) * standard (see section 5) * transmitter (see section 8) Note 2 Other terms used in this Determination may be defined in the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2015, including: * Act * ambulatory station * ambulatory system station * carriage service provider * carrier * CB repeater station * EIRP * exterior paging * harmful interference * HF * interior paging * land mobile licence * land mobile station * land mobile system * land mobile system station * land station * MF * mobile station * PABX cordless telephone service * paging receiver * paging system * paging system station * telecommunications network * UHF * VHF