Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 1)

Dated: 22 October 2020

Creina Chapman

[signed]

Member

Fiona Cameron

[signed]

Member/General Manager

1  Name

  This is the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Amendment Determination 2020 (No. 1).

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation may be accessed free of charge at www.legislation.gov.au.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 64(1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

4  Amendments

  The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

(section 4)

Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2015 (F2015L00178)

1        Schedule 1, definition of area-wide service

Omit the definition, substitute:

area-wide service means a radiocommunications service that is used for radiocommunications from any of the following:

(a) stations at fixed points; or

(b) mobile stations;

 to any of the following:

(c) stations at fixed points; or

(d) mobile stations; or

(e) space receive stations.

Note: An area-wide service may be used for radiocommunications to a space receive station on a space object, but that station will not be authorised by an area-wide licence.

2        Schedule 1, definition of earth licence

After ‘apparatus licence’, insert ‘, other than an area-wide licence,’