Radiocommunications (Overseas Amateurs Visiting Australia) Class Licence Variation 2012 (No. 1)
Radiocommunications Act 1992
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¢ 7² south, longitude 114° 3¢ 57² 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¢ 21² south, longitude 126° 2¢ 0² 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)
 
Item
Area of operation
Excluded frequency range

1
2
Timor Non Directional Beacon Area
Exmouth Non Directional Beacon Area
472 kHz–479 kHz
472 kHz–479 kHz

[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