Wireless Telegraphy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
Wireless Telegraphy Regulations 2
(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
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905. Dated 25 August 1983.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,
M. DUFFY
Minister of State for
Communications
Commencement
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 September 1983.
Principal Regulations
2. In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the WirelessTelegraphy Regulations.
of transmitting for a distance of up to 40 kilometres; |
Parts
4. Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended—
(a) | by omitting the definitions of "exterior paging service, Class A" and "exterior paging service, Class B" in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following definitions: |
" 'exterior paging service, Class A' means a system of exterior paging stations providing a radiocommunications service that includes as a component of that system a transmitter operating in other than a high density location, being a transmitter that is capable
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'exterior paging service, Class B' means a system of exterior paging stations providing a radiocommunications service that includes as a component of that system a transmitter operating in a high density location, being a transmitter that is capable of transmitting for a distance of up to 40 kilometres;
'exterior paging service, Class C' means—
(a) | an exterior paging service, Class A that operates in conjunction with another exterior paging service, Class A; or |
(b) | an exterior paging service, Class B, that operates in conjunction with another exterior paging service, Class |
B;";
(b) | by inserting in the definition of "fixed station, Class B" in sub-regulation (1) "or telecommand or both," after "telemetry"; |
(c) | by inserting after the definition of "low duty cycle speech" in sub-regulation (1) the following definition: |
" 'mobile outpost station' means a mobile station that forms part of
the outpost service;";
(d) | by inserting after the definition of "multipoint distribution station receiver" in sub-regulation (1) the following definitions: |
" 'multipoint distribution station receiver, Class A' means a multipoint distribution station receiver to which the Department, at the request of the applicant for a licence in respect of the multipoint distribution station receiver, affords protection from interference from radiocommunications transmitters;
'multipoint distribution station receiver, Class B' means a multipoint distribution station receiver other than a multipoint distribution station receiver Class A;"; and
(e) | by omitting the definition of "outside broadcast television service" and substituting the following definitions: |
" 'outpost service' means a radiocommunications service— |
(a) | established to provide radiocommunications for communities in remote localities in which the tele- communications service of subscriber trunk dialling is not provided; and |
(b) | in the case of a radiocommunications service established in a locality in which the telecommunications service of a manual trunk telephone exchange is provided—is available only for the following communications, that is to say— |
(a) | communications in the case of an emergency that involves— |
(i) prejudice to the security or defence of Australia;
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(ii) a serious threat to the environment; or
(iii) risk of death of, or injury to, persons or risk of substantial loss of, or substantial damage to, property;
(b) participation in the education programme
known as the School of the Air;
'outside broadcast television service' means a radiocommunications service established by a relevant person for the transmission of vision or sound programmes associated with outside events from a moveable station to a studio or transmitter for broadcast to the general public;
'outside broadcast television station' means a station in the outside
broadcast television service;".
Schedule
5. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is repealed and the followingSchedule substituted:
Sub-regulation 5 (1) |
CLASSES OF LICENCES
Column 1 Column 2
Item | Class of Licences |
1 Aeronautical station, private
2 Aeronautical station, not included in item 1
3 Aircraft station installed on an aircraft—
(a) | having 38 or more passenger seats; or |
(b) | having a maximum take-off weight of 19 tonnes or more |
4 Aircraft station, not included in item 3
5 Amateur station
6 Base station, not included in item 7 or 8
7 Base station, low duty cycle speech
8 Base station, telemetry or telecommand or both
9 Citizen band radio station
10 Coast station, Class A
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12 Developmental station
13 Disaster station
14 Earth homestead station
15 Earth station, Class A
16 Earth station, Class B
17 Earth station, Class C
18 Earth station, Class D
19 Earth station, Class E
20 Experimental station
21 Exterior paging service, Class A
22 Exterior paging service, Class B
23 Exterior paging service, Class C
24 Fixed outpost station
25 Fixed receiving station, not included in item 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 48 or 49
26 Fixed station, Class A, private
27 Fixed station, Class A, not included in item 26
28 Fixed station, Class B, telemetry or telecommand or both, in a high density location
29 Fixed station, Class B, telemetry or telecommand or both, in a low density location
30 Fixed station, Class B, low duty cycle speech, in a high density location
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Column 1 Column 2
Item | Class of Licences |
31 | Fixed station, Class B, low duty cycle speech, in a low density location |
32 | Fixed station, Class C |
33 | General, Class A |
34 | General, Class B |
35 | General, Class C |
36 | General, Class D |
37 | General, Class E |
38 | Handphone station |
39 | Interior paging service |
40 | Land mobile paging receiver station, not being a station that is part of an exterior paging |
service
41 Limited coast station, private
42 Limited coast station, not included in item 41
43 Marine rescue station
44 Mobile outpost station
45 Mobile station, not included in item 44
46 Multipoint distribution station, Class A
47 Multipoint distribution station, Class B
48 Multipoint distribution station receiver, Class A
49 Multipoint distribution station receiver, Class B
50 Network licence
51 Outside broadcast television station
52 Radiodetermination station
53 Repeater station—
(a) | for use with citizen band radio stations |
(b) | for use with amateur stations |
54 Remote control station, Class A
55 Remote control station, Class B
56 Ship station, Class A
57 Ship station, Class B, private
58 Ship station, Class B, not included in item 57
59 Ship station, Class C
60 Trunked land mobile service
1. Notified in the
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 August 1983.2. Statutory Rules 1942 No. 348 as amended by 1945 No. 185; 1947 No. 129; 1951 No. 19; 1954 No. 50; 1955 No. 1; 1958 No. 54; 1959 No. 65; 1967 Nos. 110 and 170; 1972 No. 206; 1974 No. 173; 1975 No. 64; 1976 No. 222; 1977 No. 165; 1978 No. 25; 1979 Nos. 29 and 106; 1980 No. 188; 1981 Nos. 139 and 184; 1982 Nos. 268 and 294; Act No. 85 of 1970.
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