Statutory Rules 1981 No. 1391
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Wireless
Telegraphy Regulations2 (Amendment)
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government 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 9 June 1981.
STANLEY BURBURY
Administrator
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:
"'fixed station, Class A' means
a fixed station, having a frequency below 30 megahertz, for use by a
Commonwealth authority;
'fixed station, Class B' means a
fixed station, having a frequency of 30 megahertz or higher, for use by a
Commonwealth authority;"; and
(b) by
adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:
"(4) For the purposes of these
Regulations, the number of voice channels that a fixed station, Class B, is
capable of carrying is the aggregate of the voice channels to be deemed to be
carried in accordance with sub-regulation (5) by the transmitters or receivers
that form part of that station.
"(5) A transmitter or receiver
that has a bandwidth within a range specified in column 2 of an item in the
table shall be deemed to carry the number of voice channels specified in column
3 of that item:
Column 1
| Column 2
| Column 3
|
Item
| Bandwidth range in kilohertz
| Voice channels
|
1
| 16-800 (inclusive).....................................................
| 24
|
2
| 801-2 800 (inclusive)................................................
| 60
|
3
| 2 801-10 000 (inclusive)..........................................
| 300
|
4
| 10 001-18 000 (inclusive)........................................
| 960
|
5
| 18 001-27 000 (inclusive)........................................
| 1 800
|
6
| 27 001-36 000 (inclusive)........................................
| 2 700
|
Licences
2. Regulation
5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation
(1a) the following sub-regulation:
"(1b) Where 2 or more licences
are to be granted to the same person the licences may be granted in accordance
with a combined form.".
Licence
fees
3. Regulation
7 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting from
sub-regulation (1) "each year" and substituting "the
period".
Licences
to be in parts and to be exhibited
4. Regulation
10 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following sub-regulation:
"(5) A reference to a licence
in sub-regulations (3) and (4) does not include a licence granted with other
licences in a combined form.".
Schedule
5. The
Schedule to the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting item 17
and substituting the following items:
"17 | Fixed station not otherwise
referred to..............................................................
| 40 |
17A | Fixed station, Class A..........................................................................................
| 200 |
17B | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying not more than 24 voice channels
| 200 |
17C | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying more than 24 but not more than 60 voice channels
| 300 |
17D | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying more than 60 but not more than 300 voice channels
| 500 |
17E | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying more than 300 but not more than 960 voice channels
| 1 000 |
17F | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying more than 960 but not more than 1 800 voice channels
| 1 700 |
17G | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying more than 1 800 but not more than 2 700 voice channels
| 2 500 |
17H | Fixed station/Class b, capable of
carrying more than 2 700 but not more than 2 700 voice channels
| 5 200 |
17J | Fixed station, Class b, capable of
carrying more than 10 000 voice channels
| 10 000 |
NOTES
1. Notified
in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 June 1981.
2.
Statutory Rules 1942 No. 348 as amended by 1943 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; Act No. 85 of 1970.