Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Outpost Licence) Amendment Determination 2000 (No. 1)

Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Outpost Licence) Amendment Determination 2000 (No. 1)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under paragraph 107 (1) (f) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated   12 October 2000

A.J SHAW                                                                                                                 Chair

R HORTON                                                                                                           Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Outpost Licence) Amendment Determination 2000 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on 22 January 2001.

3 Amendment of Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Outpost Licence) Determination No. 1 of 1997

  Schedule 1 amends the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Outpost Licence) Determination No. 1 of 1997.

Schedule 1 Amendments

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[1] Section 1

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1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Outpost Licence) Determination 1997.

[2] Section 3, definition of Outpost Licence Information Paper

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[3] Section 3, definitions of Telstra and Telstra station

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[4] Section 3, note

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Note   For the definitions of other expressions used in this Determination, see the Radiocommunications Act 1992, the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2000 and the Radiocommunications Regulations 1993.

[5] Section 5, note

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Note   Public correspondence is defined in the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2000.  For the licensee of an outpost station, the expression means ‘telecommunications that the licensee must accept under subsection 5 (1) of this Determination’.

[6] Section 7

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SMA:

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ACA:

[7] Paragraph 9 (1) (a)

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the Schedule:

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Schedule 1:

[8] Subparagraph 9 (1) (a) (ii)

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the document was

[9] Paragraph 9 (1) (b)

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the Schedule:

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Schedule 1:

[10] Subparagraph 9 (1) (b) (ii)

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[11] Section 10

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sections 11, 12 and 13.

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sections 11 and 12.

[12] Section 11 

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11 Permitted frequencies and purposes — any locality

  The outpost non assigned station may be operated at any
locality, on a frequency mentioned in column 3 or 4 of an item in Schedule 2, for the transmission or reception of a message in relation to a distress or emergency situation, if no other satisfactory means of communication is available.

[13] Sections 12 and 13

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12 Permitted frequencies and purposes — remote localities

 (1) This section applies to the operation of an outpost non assigned station at a remote locality:

 (a) if a connection to a telecommunications network that is operated by a carrier or carriage service provider is only available through the station; or

 (b) if:

 (i) a connection to a telecommunications network that is operated by a carrier or carriage service provider is available through the station and also by other means; but

 (ii) the only working connection is through the station because each other means of connection to the telecommunications network is unavailable or out of service.

 (2) The outpost non assigned station may be operated at the remote locality, on a frequency mentioned in column 4 of an item in Schedule 2, to communicate with an outpost assigned station for any of the following purposes:

 (a) to obtain or provide medical aid or advice;

 (b) to transmit or receive public correspondence;

 (c) to transmit telecommunications that require the use of a telecommunications network operated by a carrier or carriage service provider.

 (3) The outpost non assigned station may also be operated at the remote locality, on a frequency mentioned in column 3 or 4 of an item in Schedule 2, for any of the following purposes:

 (a) to communicate with an outpost station at a location where there is no connection to a telecommunications network operated by a carrier or carriage service provider;

 (b) to communicate with other outpost stations for the purpose of participating in a community interest session;

 (c) for the transmission or reception of messages in relation to distress or emergency situations.

 (4) For subsection (2) and paragraphs (3) (a) and (b), the licensee of an outpost non assigned station must ensure that, as far as practicable, the station only operates on the lowest frequency mentioned in column 3 or 4 of that item.

 (5) For paragraphs (3) (a) and (b), the licensee of an outpost non assigned station must ensure that the station operates on a frequency only at a time when each outpost assigned station:

 (a) that is at a location mentioned in column 2 of the item; and

 (b) that is permitted to operate on the frequency under an outpost licence (outpost assigned station); and

 (c) with which the outpost non assigned station of the licensee can communicate at that time using that frequency;

is open only for the transmission or reception of messages in relation to distress or emergency situations.

 (6) If the operation of an outpost non assigned station causes harmful interference to a service provided by another station, the outpost non assigned station must cease operating.

Note   Licensees of outpost non assigned stations should contact the relevant Royal Flying Doctor Service for information regarding its operational requirements applying to outpost non assigned stations.

[14] Schedule

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Schedule 1 Outpost non assigned stations — specification documents

(subsection 9 (1))

Part 1 209 Series documents

Part 2 210 Series documents

Schedule 2 Outpost non assigned stations — Royal Flying Doctor Service frequencies

(section 11 and subsections 12 (2), (3), (4) and (5))

Note   If an outpost assigned station at a location mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 2 is the nearest outpost assigned station to an outpost non assigned station, use of a frequency mentioned in column 3 or 4 of the item is available for communications between the stations.