Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2015 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2015

made under subsection 132 (1) of the

Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 17 June 2021

Includes amendments up to: F2021L00734

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, Melbourne

1 Name of Class Licence

This Class Licence is the Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2015.

4 Definitions

(1) In this Class Licence: Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. ARPANSA Standard means the Radiation Protection Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (2021), or any standard published as a replacement of that standard, by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency. Note: The ARPANSA Standard is available from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency website at www.arpansa.gov.au. CB repeater station means a station: (a) operating at a fixed location for the reception and automatic re‑transmission of radio signals from CB stations on a channel mentioned in item 5 or 8 in Schedule 1; and (b) operated under an apparatus licence. CB station or citizen band radio station means a station operating on a channel mentioned in Schedule 1. device compliance day, for a CB station, means the most recent of the following days: (a) if the CB station was manufactured in Australia — the day it was manufactured; (b) if the CB station was manufactured overseas and imported — the day it was imported; (c) if the CB station was altered or modified in a material respect — the day it was altered or modified. F3E means an emission whose basic characteristic is that of a frequency modulated carrier on a single channel containing primarily analogue telephony information. G3E means an emission whose basic characteristic is that of a phase modulated carrier on a single channel containing primarily analogue telephony information. lower sideband, or LSB, means an SSB radio emission for which the sideband above the carrier is suppressed. telecommunications network has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications Act 1997.