Radiocommunications (Overseas Amateurs Visiting Australia) Class Licence Variation 2012 (No. 1)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Variation under section 134 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated  21 December 2012

Richard Bean

[Signed]

Member

Giles Tanner

[signed]

General Manager / Member

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name of Variation

  This Notice is the Radiocommunications (Overseas Amateurs Visiting Australia) Class Licence Variation 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Variation commences on the later of:

(a)        1 January 2013; or

(b)       the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

Note 1 All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.

Note 2 The effect of section 134 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 is that this Variation must be published in the Gazette before it commences.

3 Variation of Radiocommunications (Overseas Amateurs Visiting Australia) Class Licence 2008

  Schedule 1 varies the Radiocommunications (Overseas Amateurs Visiting Australia) Class Licence 2008.

Schedule 1 Variations

(section 3)

[1]  Subection 3 (1)

insert

Exmouth Non Directional Beacon Area means an area that is within Australia being part of the geographic area described by a circle with a radius of 1000 kilometres whose centre is located at latitude 21 26 7 south, longitude 114 3 57 east.

[2] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Melbourne Area, including the note

 omit

[3] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Perth Area, including the note

 omit

[4] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Sydney Area, including the note

 omit

[5] Subsection 3 (1)

insert

Timor Non Directional Beacon Area means an area that is within Australia being part of the geographic area described by a circle with a radius of 2000 kilometres whose centre is located at latitude 10 37 21 south, longitude 126 2 0 east.

 [6] After section 24A

insert

24B Operation in the frequency band 472 kHz to 479 kHz

  An amateur station must not be operated in the frequency band 472 kHz to 479 kHz using a radiated power of more than 5 watts pX EIRP.

[7] Table 1A, item 1A, column 2

substitute

135.7 kHz–137.8kHz [see section 24A]

472 kHz–479 kHz [see section 24B]

[8] Table 1A, item 4, column 2

omit

  420.000 MHz–450.000 MHz

substitute

  430.000 MHz–450.000 MHz

 [9] Table 1B

substitute

 Table 1B Excluded frequency ranges

 (section 20)

[10] Table 2, item 1, column 2

substitute

472 kHz–479 kHz

3.500 MHz–3.700 MHz

7.000 MHz–7.300 MHz

14.000 MHz–14.350 MHz

21.000 MHz–21.450 MHz

 [11] Section 38

substitute

38 Permitted frequency bands

An amateur station must only be operated on a frequency that is in a frequency band mentioned in an item in Table 4A.

 [12] Table 4A, item 2, column 2

omit

  420.000 MHz–450.000 MHz

substitute

  430.000 MHz–450.000 MHz

[13] Table 4B

omit