Wireless Telegraphy Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 1841

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Wireless Telegraphy 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 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905.

Dated 1 July 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Communications

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Interpretation

1. Regulation 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of "authorized station" in sub-regulation (1) the following definitions:

"'base station' means a station on land established for the purpose of communicating with land mobile stations and harbour mobile stations,

'coast station' means a station on land established for the purpose of communicating with ship stations at sea and aircraft stations, being a station an important function of which is the transmission and reception of messages on behalf of the public;

'disaster station' means a station having the function of providing a radiocommunications service in connection with natural disasters and civil defence activities;

'earth station' means a station located on the surface of the earth or within the major portion of the earth's atmosphere that is established for the purpose of communicating with—

(a) 1 or more other earth stations by means of 1 or more satellites or other objects in space; or

(b) 1 or more space stations;

'earth station, Class A' means an earth station capable of carrying not more than 1 voice channel;

'earth station, Class B' means an earth station capable of carrying more than 1 but not more than 12 voice channels;

'earth station, Class C' means an earth station, other than an earth station, Class A or an earth station, Class B, capable of utilizing not more than 1 satellite transponder;

'earth station, Class D' means an earth station capable of utilizing more than 1 but not more than 2 satellite transponders;

'earth station, Class E' means an earth station capable of utilizing more than 2 satellite transponders;

'exterior paging station' means a station on land established for the purpose of providing a paging service but does not include an interior paging station or a station that provides a paging service that is incidental to the operation of another station;

'fixed station' means a station on land established for the purpose of communicating between fixed points but does not include an earth station, a fixed outpost station or a fixed receiving station;";

(b) by omitting ", for use by a Commonwealth authority" from the definition of "fixed station, Class A" in sub-regulation (1);

(c) by omitting ", for use by a Commonwealth authority" from the definition of "fixed station, Class B" in sub-regulation (1); and

(d) by inserting after the definition of "licensee" in sub-regulation (1) the following definition:

"'limited coast station' means a station on land established for the purpose of communicating with ship stations at sea but does not include a coast station or a marine rescue station;".

Licences

2. Regulation 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "sub-regulation (2) of this regulation" and substituting "sub-regulations (2) and (3)";

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) "the last two preceding sub-regulations" and substituting "these Regulations"; and

(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:

"(3) A licence, in accordance with such form as the Minister determines, may be granted in respect of a station that is an exterior paging station.".

Licence fees

3. Regulation 7 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following sub-regulations:

"(1) Subject to this regulation, a fee is payable in respect of the grant or renewal of a licence included in a class of licence specified in column 2 of an item in the Schedule and is calculated by reference to the period in respect of which the licence is granted or renewed at the rate specified in column 3 of that item.

"(1AA) Where—

(a) a licence is granted or renewed for a period of less than 1 year; and

(b) the fee payable would, but for this sub-regulation, be less than $15,

then,

(c) in the case of a licence in respect of which a fee is payable at a rate per year in excess of $15—-a fee of $15 is payable; and

(d) in any other case—a fee is payable of an amount equal to the amount that would be payable if the licence were for a period of 1 year.

"(1AB) A fee calculated in accordance with sub-regulation (1AC) is payable in respect of the grant or renewal of a licence for an exterior paging station.

"(1AC) The fee referred to in sub-regulation (1AB) is an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(a) an amount calculated at the rate of $56 per annum in respect of the period of the licence; and

(b) an amount calculated at the rate of $12 per annum in respect of the period of the licence in respect of each paging receiver used in connection with that station."; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1A) "the last preceding sub-regulation" and substituting "the preceding sub-regulations".

Schedule

4. The Schedule to the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:

SCHEDULE Sub-regulations 5 (1) and 7 (1)

CLASSES OF LICENCES AND FEES PAYABLE FOR LICENCES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Class of licence	Rate per year of fee
$
1	Aeronautical station, private........................................................................	30
2	Aeronautical station, not included in item 1................................................	60
3	Aircraft station, private................................................................................	23
4	Aircraft station, not included in item 3, installed on an aircraft— (a) having 38 or more passenger seats; or (b) having a maximum take-off weight of 19 tonnes or more..............	90
5	Aircraft station, not otherwise referred to...................................................	36
6	Amateur station............................................................................................	17
7	Base station, private.....................................................................................	30
8	Base station, not included in item 7............................................................	56
9	Citizen band radio station, private...............................................................	22
10	Citizen band radio station, not included in item 9.......................................	44
11	Coast station.................................................................................................	10,000
12	Disaster station.............................................................................................	22
13	Earth station, private....................................................................................	30
14	Earth station, Class A, not included in item 13...........................................	200
15	Earth station, Class B, not included in item 13...........................................	1,000
16	Earth station, Class C, not included in item 13...........................................	5,000
17	Earth station, Class D, not included in item 13...........................................	10,000
18	Earth station, Class E, not included in item 13...........................................	47,000
19	Experimental station....................................................................................	33
20	Fixed outpost station....................................................................................	3
21	Fixed receiving station.................................................................................	12
22	Fixed station, Class A, private.....................................................................	36
23	Fixed station, Class A, not included in item 22...........................................	150
24	Fixed station, Class B, private.....................................................................	36
25	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying not more than 24 voice channels	200
26	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 24 but not more than 60 voice channels.................................................................................................	300
27	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 60 but not more than 300 voice channels.................................................................................................	500
28	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 300 but not more than 960 voice channels.................................................................................................	1,000
29	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 960 but not more than 1800 voice channels.................................................................................................	1,700
30	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 1800 but not more than 2700 voice channels.......................................................................................	2,500
31	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 2700 but not more than 10 000 voice channels.......................................................................................	5,200
32	Fixed station, Class B, not included in item 24, capable of carrying more than 10 000 voice channels	10,000
33	Handphone station, private..........................................................................	22

SCHEDULE—continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Class of licence	Rate per year of fee
$
34	Handphone station, not included in item 33.................	27
35	Harbour mobile station, private...................................	15
36	Harbour mobile station, not included in item 35...........	36
37	Interior paging station................................................	60
38	Land mobile station, private........................................	22
39	Land mobile station, not included in item 38................	36
40	Land mobile paging receiver station, not forming part of an exterior paging service.............................................................................	12
41	Limited coast station, private......................................	25
42	Limited coast station, not included in item 41..............	56
43	Marine rescue station.................................................	3
44	Mobile outpost station................................................	3
45	Novice amateur station...............................................	14
46	Radiodetermination station.........................................	72
47	Radio-linked microphone service................................	20
48	Ship station, private...................................................	20
49	Ship station, installed on a ship equipped in accordance with the Navigation (Radio) Regulations, not included in item 48.......................	150
50	Ship station, not otherwise referred to.........................	32

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 July 1981.

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 No. 139; Act No. 85 of 1970.