Interpretation
4 Interpretation
In this instrument:
ARPANSA Standard means the Radiation Protection Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (2021), or any standard published as a replacement of that standard, by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.
Note The ARPANSA Standard is available from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency website: http://www.arpansa.gov.au.
ETSI means the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
ETSI Standard EN 302 571 means Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS); Radiocommunications equipment operating in the 5 855 MHz to 5 925 MHz frequency band; Harmonised Standard covering the essential requirements of article 3.2 of Directive 2014/53/EU, published by ETSI, as existing from time to time.
external antenna means a removable antenna that is not an integral antenna.
integral antenna means an antenna that is permanently fixed to a device, or which is intended for direct attachment to a fixed connector on the device, without the use of an external cable.
ITS station means a radiocommunications transmitter that is operated as part of an intelligent transport system established for the purpose of road transport that is:
on a vehicle;
part of a vehicle, regardless of whether the transmitter was part of the vehicle when the vehicle was manufactured;
held or carried by an individual in relation to a vehicle; or
on, or part of, a fixed or mobile roadside structure.
maximum EIRP, for a transmitter that is an ITS station, means the largest EIRP that may be radiated by the transmitter in any direction.
radiated power means the power that is emitted from either of the following:
an integral antenna; or
an external antenna.
A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
ACMA device equipment rules interference radiocommunications device radiocommunications transmitter
Register transmitter.
In accordance with subsection 65(1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, other expressions in this instrument have the same meaning as in the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2015, unless the contrary intention appears, including:
Act
EIRP fixed-satellite service.
In this instrument, latitude and longitude are measured with reference to the geodetic datum designated as the “Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA94)” gazetted in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. GN 35 on 6 September 1995.
More information on the Geodetic Datum of Australia is available from the Geoscience Australia website: http://www.ga.gov.au.
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