Radiocommunications (Radionavigation-Satellite Service) Class Licence 2025

This is the Radiocommunications (Radionavigation-Satellite Service) Class Licence 2025.

This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.gov.au.

This instrument is made under section 132 of the Act.

The Radiocommunications (Radionavigation-Satellite Service) Class Licence 2015 [F2015L01510] is repealed.

In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a part of the spectrum or frequency band includes all frequencies that are greater than but not including the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.

Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

frequency band;

operate;

radiocommunication;

radiocommunications receiver;

receiver licence;

space object.

Note 2: Other expressions used in this instrument may be defined in a determination made under subsection 64(1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005 that applies to this instrument, including:

Act;

radionavigation-satellite service;

RNSS frequency;

RNSS radiocommunication;

RNSS receiver.

In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other legislative instrument as in force from time to time; and

a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force, or existing, from time to time.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note 3: See section 314A of the Act.

Subject to the condition in section 8, this instrument authorises a person to operate an RNSS receiver for the purpose of reception of RNSS radiocommunications, other than the following:

an RNSS receiver located on a space object;

an RNSS receiver, where:

the operation of the receiver is authorised by a receiver licence; and

the receiver is authorised to be operated for the purpose of reception of RNSS radiocommunications.

Note: The ACMA does not generally intend to afford protection to an RNSS receiver, operated in accordance with this instrument, from interference caused by other radiocommunications devices.

A person must not operate an RNSS receiver otherwise than on a frequency in one of the following frequency bands:

1164 MHz to 1300 MHz;

1559 MHz to 1610 MHz.