EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE NO. 197 ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS
Section 93 of the Radiocommunications Act 1983 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters required or permitted by the Act or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Paragraphs 21(5)(a), 24(5)(a), 35(3)(a), and 38(5)(a) provide that, unless paragraph (b) applies, a frequency reservation certificate, transmitter licence, temporary permit or receiver licence shall specify a day of expiration within the period of 12 months commencing on the day on which the certificate, licence, or permit is granted.
Paragraphs 21(5)(b), 24(5)(b), 35(3)(b), and 38(5)(b) provide that a period longer than 12 months may be prescribed within which the day of expiry of a certificate, licence or permit may be specified.
The regulation prescribes the period of two years as the period for the purposes of sub-sections 21(5), 24(5), 35(3), and 38(5). This will enable the Minister to grant frequency reservation certificates, transmitter licence, temporary permits and receiver licences for periods of up to two years.
Authority: Section 93 Radiocommunications Act 1985.