WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1981 NO. 139 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1981 NO. 139 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Interpretation 2. Licences 3. Licence fees 4. Licences to be in parts and to be exhibited 5. Schedule 1981 No. 139 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Interpretation 1. Regulation 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended- (a) by inserting after the definition of "authorized station" in sub-regulation (1) the following definitions: " 'fixed station, Class A' means a fixed station, having a frequency below 30 megahertz, for use by a Commonwealth authority; 'fixed station, Class B' means a fixed station, having a frequency of 30 megahertz or higher, for use by a Commonwealth authority;"; and (b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations: "(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, the number of voice channels that a fixed station, Class B, is capable of carrying is the aggregate of the voice channels to be deemed to be carried in accordance with sub-regulation (5) by the transmitters or receivers that form part of that station. "(5) A transmitter or receiver that has a bandwidth within a range specified in column 2 of an item in the table shall be deemed to carry the number of voice channels specified in column 3 of that item: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Bandwidth range in kilohertz Voice channels ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 16-800 (inclusive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2 801-2 800 (inclusive) . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 3 2 801-10 000 (inclusive) . . . . . . . . . . . 300 4 10 001-18 000 (inclusive) . . . . . . . . . . 960 5 18 001-27 000 (inclusive) . . . . . . . . . . 1 800 6 27 001-36 000 (inclusive) . . . . . . . . . . 2 700 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1981 No. 139 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 Licences 2. Regulation 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by inserting after sub-regulation (1A) the following sub-regulation: "(1B) Where 2 or more licences are to be granted to the same person the licences may be granted in accordance with a combined form.". 1981 No. 139 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3 Licence fees 3. Regulation 7 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) " each year" and substituting "the period". 1981 No. 139 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4 Licences to be in parts and to be exhibited 4. Regulation 10 of the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation: "(5) A reference to a licence in sub-regulations (3) and (4) does not include a licence granted with other licences in a combined form.". 1981 No. 139 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5 Schedule 5. The Schedule to the Wireless Telegraphy Regulations is amended by omitting item 17 and substituting the following items: "17 Fixed station not otherwise referred to . . . . . . . . . 40 17A Fixed station, Class A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 17B Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying not more that 24 voice channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 17C Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 24 but not more than 60 voice channels . . . . . . . . . . . 300 17D Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 60 but not more than 300 voice channels . . . . . . . . . . 500 17E Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 300 but not more than 960 voice channels . . . . . . . . 1 000 17F Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 960 but not more than 1 800 voice channels . . . . . . . 1 700 17G Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 1 800 but not more than 2 700 voice channels . . . . . . . 2 500 17H Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 2 700 but not more than 10 000 voice channels . . . . . . . 5 200 17J Fixed station, Class B, capable of carrying more than 10 000 voice channels 10 000 - NOTES 1981 No. 139*1* WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 June 1981. *2* Statutory Rules 1942 No. 348 as amended by 1943 No. 185; 1947 No. 129; 1951 No. 19; 1954 No. 50; 1955 No. 1; 1958 No. 54; 1959 No. 65; 1967 Nos. 110 and 170; 1972 No. 206; 1974 No. 173; 1975 No. 64; 1976 No. 222; 1977 No. 165; 1978 No. 25; 1979 Nos. 29 and 106; 1980 No. 188; Act No. 85 of 1970.