Radiocommunications (Licensing and General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 1561

Radiocommunications (Licensing and

General) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Radiocommunications Act 1983

Dated 30 June1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER MORRIS

Minister of State for Transport

and Communications Support

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Commencement

 1. These Regulations commence on 1 July 1988.

Principal Regulations

 2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Radiocommunications (Licensing and General) Regulations.

 3. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 4 the following regulation:

Fee in respect of tests conducted under section 15A of the Act

“4A.

(1) Subject to this regulation, there is payable in respect of a test conducted under section 15A of the Act in respect of a device specified in column 2 of Schedule 2A in an item in that Schedule the fee specified in column 3 of that Schedule in that item.

“(2)

The fee in respect of a test is payable by the applicant for a certificate under section 15A of the Act in respect of the device to be tested not later than 7 days before the time specified for the test.

“(3)

Where, after the payment of the fee in respect of a test, an applicant does not proceed with the test, he or she is entitled to a refund of an amount equal to the amount of the fee less $50.

“(4)

Where:

• (a)

  an applicant submits a device for testing for the purposes of section 15A of the Act; and

• (b)

  the device is to be subjected to more than one test; there is payable in respect of those tests:

• (c)

  the amount of the higher or highest fee, as the case requires, applicable to any one of those tests; and

• (d)

  the amount of one half of the total of the fees applicable to the other tests.

“(5)

Where a device is both a receiver and a transmitter, the amount of the fee that is payable is:

• (a)

  where the device is to be tested only as a receiver—60% of the fee that would be payable if the device were also to be tested as a transmitter; or

• (b)

  where the device is to be tested only as a transmitter-70% of the fee that would be payable if the device were also to be tested as a receiver.

“(6)

Where:

• (a)

  an applicant submits a device for testing for the purposes of section 15A of the Act (in this subregulation referred to as ‘the second testing’) within a period of 6 months after the day on which any previous testing of the device for those purposes was completed (in this subregulation referred to as ‘the first testing’); and

• (b)

  in the course of the second testing the device is subjected to a test or tests to which it was subjected in the first testing;

there is payable in relation to that test or those tests an amount equal to one half of the amount that was payable in relation to the first testing.”.

Fee for issue or variation of certificate

 4. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

• (a)

  by inserting in subregulation (1) “or type approval” after “statement”;

• (b)

  by inserting in subregulation (2) “or type approval” after “statement”.

Issue of duplicate instruments

 5. Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended:

• (a)

  by omitting from paragraph (1) (e) “or”;

• (b)

  by inserting after paragraph (1) (e) the following paragraph:

 

“(ea)

a type approval certificate; or”.

Schedule 2A

 6. The Principal Regulations are amended by inserting after Schedule 2 the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 2ARegulations 4A

FEE FOR TESTING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 15A OF THE ACT

 

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Device	Column 3 Fee
$
1	Device that is a receiver and transmitter and operates in the 29.7 to 52 MHz, 54 to 70 MHz, 70 to 85 MHz, 92 to 94 MHz, 118 to 136 MHz, 403 to 420 MHz, 450 to 470 MHz, 470 to 500 MHz or 500 to 520 MHz bands, other than a device specified in item 2,3,4,5,6,8,9 or 10	840
2	Single side band radiotelephony device that operates in the medium or high frequency bands in a land mobile service	2940
3	Single side band radiotelephony device that operates in the medium or high frequency bands and is used for communication between ships or between a ship and the shore, other than a device specified in item 7	3500
4	Radiotelephone alarm signal generating device that is used in a maritime mobile service and is capable of generating an alarm signal consisting of 2 sinusoidal audio frequency tones transmitted alternately	350
5	Device that is an emergency call encoder for use in an outpost service and is capable of generating an emergency call consisting of 2 sinusoidal audio frequency tones transmitted simultaneously	350
6	Personal safety or security radio alarm device that operates in the 304 MHz band and is used for receiving or transmitting medical or security alarms or monitoring the security of premises	420
7	Device that is a receiver or transmitter and operates in the 27 MHz band in an inshore boating service	700
8	Angle modulated device that operates in the very high frequency bands and is used for communication between ships or between a ship and the shore	1400
9	Device that is a paging receiver and operates in the high frequency, very high frequency or ultra high frequency bands	35
10	Amplitude modulated device that is a receiver and transmitter and operates in the medium or high frequency bands, other than a device specified in item 7	490

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 195 as amended by 1985 No. 221; 1986 Nos. 125, 197, 213 and 278; 1987 Nos. 61, 272 and 332; 1988 No. 120.