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

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

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following amendment under subsection 64(1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005.

Dated: 22 October 2020

Creina Chapman

[signed]

Member

Fiona Cameron

[signed]

Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1  Name

This is theRadiocommunications (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 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.

1. Schedule 1, definition of earth licence

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