Radiocommunications (Specified Radiocommunications Receivers and Types of Transmitter Licences and Receiver Licences) Determination 2024

Dated: 19 September 2024

Adam Suckling

[signed]

Member

Michael Brealey

[signed]

General Manager

1  Name

  This is the Radiocommunications (Specified Radiocommunications Receivers and Types of Transmitter Licences and Receiver Licences) Determination 2024.

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 made under paragraph 7(1)(b) and subsection 98(1) of the Act.

Note 1: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) radiocommunications receiver;

(b) receiver licence;

(c) transmitter licence.

Note 2: Other expressions used in this instrument may be defined in a determination made under section 64 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 including:

(a) Act;

(b) area-wide receive station;

(c) defence receive station;

(d) earth receive station;

(e) fixed receive station; 

(f) major coast receive station;

(g) space receive station.

4  Repeal

  The Radiocommunications (Specified Radiocommunications Receivers and Types of Transmitter Licences and Receiver Licences) Determination 2014 [F2014L01790] is repealed.

5  References to other instruments

  In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

 (a) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other legislative instrument as in force from time to time; and

 (b) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force or existence from time to time.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note 3: See section 314A of the Act.

6  Radiocommunications receivers

  For the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(b) of the Act, a radiocommunications receiver is specified if it is, or forms part of:

 (a) an area-wide receive station;

 (b) a defence receive station;

 (c) an earth receive station;

 (d) a fixed receive station;

 (e) a major coast receive station; or

 (f) a space receive station.

7  Transmitter licences

  For the purposes of subsection 98(1) of the Act, the ACMA may issue a transmitter licence of a type specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1.

8  Receiver licences

  For the purposes of subsection 98(1) of the Act, the ACMA may issue a receiver licence of a type specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Transmitter licences

    (section 7)

Note: The expressions in column 2 have the same meaning as in a determination made under section 64 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

Schedule 2 Receiver licences

    (section 8)

Note: The expressions in column 2 have the same meaning as in a determination made under section 64 of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.