1 Name of Standard [see Note 1]
This Standard is the Radiocommunications (Short
Range Devices) Standard 2004.
2 Commencement
[see Note 1]
This Standard commences on the date of its
notification in the Gazette.
3 Revocation
The following Standards are revoked:
· Radiocommunications
Standard (Short Range Devices) No. 1 of 1996
· Radiocommunications
Standard (Short Range Devices — 9 kHz to 25 MHz Radio
Equipment and 9 kHz to 30 MHz Inductive Loop Systems) 1999.
4 Definitions
In this Standard:
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
AS/NZS 4268 means a standard published by
Standards Australia that includes AS/NZS 4268 in the title, as in force from
time to time.
former Standards means the Standards revoked
under section 3 of this Standard.
short range device means a
radiocommunications device:
(a) manufactured in, or imported into, Australia
after the commencement of this Standard; and
(b) that is:
(i) of a type mentioned in column 2 of
table 1 or column 2 of table 2 of AS/NZS 4268; and
(ii) capable of being operated on a
frequency, or within a range of frequencies, within the frequency bands
mentioned in column 3 of those tables.
5 Application
(1) This Standard applies to a radiocommunications
device:
(a) that is a short range device, including a
low interference potential device and a radio controlled model; and
(b) that is not a device mentioned in subsection
(2).
Exception — device imported for significant event
(2) This subsection applies to a radiocommunications
device that:
(a) is imported in Australia solely for use in
connection with a significant event; and
(b) if required to be tested or inspected before
it is used in Australia — meets the testing or inspection requirements;
and
(c) if conditions or requirements are imposed on
the use of the device in Australia — complies with those conditions or
requirements; and
(d) is used in Australia only at the location of
the significant event; and
(e) is used in Australia only for the duration
of the significant event.
(3) In this section:
significant event means an event at a
specified location or locations, notified on the website www.acma.gov.au with
the approval of the Chair.
6 Standard
for performance
For paragraph 162 (1) (a) of the Act, the
standard for performance is the standard set out in AS/NZS 4268, other than the
following provisions:
(a) clause 1 (Scope), paragraph (b) (New
Zealand);
(b) subclause 8.1.1.2 (New Zealand limits for
EIRP);
(c) subclause 8.2.1.2 (New Zealand limits
for transmitter spurious emissions);
(d) subclause 8.3.1.2 (New Zealand limits for
emission bandwidth);
(e) subclause 8.4.1.2 (New Zealand limits for
operating frequencies);
(f) subclause 10.1 (General), paragraph (b) (New
Zealand).
7 Effect
of amendment of standard for performance
(1) If a short range device is manufactured, imported,
altered or modified within 1 year after the standard for performance is amended
or replaced, the device is taken to meet the standard for performance if it
meets that standard as in force immediately before the amendment or
replacement.
(2) A short range device that is manufactured, imported,
altered or modified 1 year or more after the standard for performance is
amended or replaced must meet the standard for performance as amended or
replaced.