Condition – compliance with ARPANSA Standard
9 Condition – compliance with ARPANSA Standard
A person must not operate a radiocommunications device or a group of radiocommunications devices if:
equipment rules do not prescribe the EME standard for the device, or for 2 or more devices in the group; and
the device, or group, when operated, does not comply with the basic restrictions for general public exposure.
If equipment rules prescribe the EME standard for a radiocommunications device, see section 160 of the Act.
In subsection (1):
basic restrictions means the restrictions identified as basic restrictions in the ARPANSA Standard.
The ARPANSA Standard is available, free of charge, from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency website at www.arpansa.gov.au.
EME standard has the meaning given by the:
(a) the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021; or
if a later instrument replaces those rules and defines the term – the later instrument.
The Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.
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