Radiocommunications (Exemption) Determination 2024 (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Exemption) Determination 2024

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following determination under subsection 302(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 25 July 2024

Adam Suckling [signed] Member

Michael Brealey [signed] Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name This is the Radiocommunications (Exemption) Determination 2024.

2 Commencement This instrument commences: (a) at the start of 28 August 2024; or (b) at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation; whichever is later.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority This instrument is made under subsection 302(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

4 Repeal of this instrument This instrument is repealed at the start of the day that is the fifth anniversary of the day it commences.

5 Definitions (1) In this instrument: Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. ARPANSA standard means: (a) the Radiation Protection Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (2021), published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency; or (b) if a later standard is published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency as a replacement of that standard – the later standard.

Note: The ARPANSA standard is available, free of charge, from the website of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency at www.arpansa.gov.au. banned device means a device that is an item of banned equipment. banned equipment means equipment that is specified in a permanent ban. dummy load: see subsection (2). EIRP means equivalent isotropically radiated power. maximum EIRP, in relation to a device at a particular time, means: (a) in subparagraph 12(3)(d)(iii) – the largest amount of EIRP that was radiated by the device in any direction at that time; and (b) otherwise – the largest amount of EIRP that may be radiated by the device in any direction at that time. shielded enclosure means a container, room, or other thing that encloses a space, which prevents, or is designed to prevent, the entry or escape of radio emissions from that space. table means the table in section 7. Note: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 5, subsection 302(1) or another provision of the Act, including the following: (a) AAT; (b) ACMA; (c) Australia; (d) authorised defence supplier; (e) compliance provision; (f) Defence Department; (g) device; (h) equipment; (i) inspector; (j) interference; (k) legislative rules; (l) member of a civilian component of a visiting force; (m) member of a visiting force; (n) offer to supply; (o) operate; (p) permanent ban; (q) radiocommunication; (r) radiocommunications transmitter; (s) radio emission; (t) supply; (u) transmitter. (2) A dummy load is a thing that: (a) is used, or designed to be used, as a substitute for another thing that is capable of radiating radio signals that are fed to it from a transmitter (the original thing); and (b) has impedance characteristics that are the same as the impedance characteristics of the original thing; and (c) is both: (i) incapable of radio emission; and (ii) designed to prevent radio emission occurring. Example: A circuit that is connected to the antenna feed point of a radiocommunications transmitter to simulate the effects of a real antenna without allowing radio emissions caused by operation of the radiocommunications transmitter to travel further than the dummy antenna.