Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1) (Cth)

Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under paragraph 16 (1) (ca) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated     9 May  2001  A.J SHAW   &n bsp;      Chair  R HORTON   Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Amendment Determination 2001 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

1. Amendment of Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Determination 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Determination 2000.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(section 3)

[1]        Section 3

substitute

2ADefinitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

class licence means the Radiocommunications (Communication with Space Object) Class Licence 1998.

Note   The class licence was made by the ACA on 11 September 1998 and notified in the Gazette on 23 September 1998.

3Application of Act outside Australia — foreign space objects operating in frequency range mentioned in class licence

The Act applies outside Australia in relation to a foreign space object if:

(a)the foreign space object:

(i) is owned, controlled, or operated by, or for, a company mentioned in Schedule 1; or

(ii)is a space object mentioned in Schedule 2; and

(b)a space station on the foreign space object is operating in a frequency range mentioned in subsection 6 (2) or (3) of the class licence to transmit radio emissions to, or receive radio emissions from, a station inside Australia.

Note Under section 5 of the Act, a foreign space object is defined to mean a space object (also defined in section 5 of the Act) that is not an Australian space object.

An Australian space object is defined in section 5 to mean a space object that the ACA determines in writing to be an Australian space object for the purposes of the Act (see the Radiocommunications (Australian Space Objects) Determination 2000).

3AApplication of Act outside Australia — other foreign space objects

The Act applies outside Australia in relation to a foreign space object if:

(a)the object is owned, controlled, or operated by, or for, an entity mentioned in Schedule 3; and

(b)a space station on the foreign space object is operating in a frequency range that is not mentioned in subsection 6 (2) or (3) of the class licence; and

(c)the space station is operating to transmit radio emissions to, or receive radio emissions from, a station inside Australia.

1. Schedule 1, heading

substitute

Schedule 1          Owners, controllers or operators of foreign space objects operating in frequency range mentioned in class licence

(subparagraph 3 (a) (i))

1. Schedule 1, item 8

substitute

8 ICO-Teledesic Global Limited (incorporated in the United States of America)

1. Schedule 1, after item 11

insert

12 Astrolink International LLC (incorporated in the United States of America)

1. Schedule 2, heading

substitute

Schedule 2          Space objects operating in frequency range mentioned in class licence

(subparagraph 3 (a) (ii))

1. After Schedule 2

insert

Schedule 3          Owners, controllers or operators of other space objects

(paragraph 3A (a))

Item	Entity owning, controlling or operating foreign space object
1	Binariang Satellite Systems SDN. BHD (incorporated in Malaysia) (also known as BSS)
2	Intelsat Ltd (incorporated in Bermuda)