Commonwealth of Australia

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY

Radiocommunications Act 1992

Notice under section 136 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992

NOTIFICATION OF THE DRAFT RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (LOW INTERFERENCE POTENTIAL DEVICES) CLASS LICENCE VARIATION 2018 (NO.1)

Notice is given under section 136 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 (the Act) of the draft Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence Variation 2017 (No.1) (the draft Variation) proposed to be made by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) under section 132 of the Act. The draft Variation proposes to amend existing arrangements and to add new arrangements for a number of short range low power devices by varying the Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2015 (the LIPD Class Licence).

Proposed changes 

The LIPD Class Licence contains the licence conditions, operational requirements and technical parameters associated with a wide range of low power radiocommunications devices operating in various segments of the radiofrequency spectrum.

The draft Variation proposes to amend the LIPD Class Licence by: 

• updating referenced standards;
• inserting new frequency bands for all transmitters;
• inserting new frequency bands for medical telemetry and telecommand transmitters; and
• removing some limitations on the use of data communication transmitters.

Copies of the LIPD Class Licence, the draft Variation, and the discussion paper explaining the above amendments in more detail are available on the ACMA’s website and hardcopies may be obtained from the ACMA’s by contacting:

Snezana Krusevac

Spectrum Engineering Section

Australian Communications and Media Authority

PO BOX 78

BELCONNEN  ACT  2616

Telephone: (02) 6219 5582

Comments

Under section 136 of the Act, the ACMA is seeking representations about the draft Variation.

Email:   Snezana.Krusevac@acma.gov.au

Interested persons are invited to make representations about the proposed variation no later than 19 January 2018. Representations should be in writing and should be addressed to:

The Manager, Spectrum Engineering Section

Australian Communications and Media Authority

PO BOX 78

BELCONNEN ACT 2616

or by email to:

freqplan@acma.gov.au