8Conditions — compliance with standards and equipment rules

8 Conditions – compliance with standards and equipment rules

(1) A person must not operate a handphone station under this Class Licence unless the station complies with: (a) if the device compliance day for the station occurs before the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Act 2020 – any standard applicable to it, as in force on the device compliance day; (b) if the device compliance day for the station occurs on or after the day Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Act 2020 commenced – any equipment rules applicable to it, as in force on the device compliance day. (2) A person must not operate a handphone station, or a group of handphone stations, under this Class Licence if the electromagnetic energy emitted by the station, or group of stations, exceeds the general public exposure limits specified in the ARPANSA Standard in a place accessible by the public. (3) In paragraph (1)(a), standard has the meaning given by section 5 of the Act, as in force immediately before the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Act 2020.

Note: Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Radiocommunications Legislation Amendment (Reform and Modernisation) Act 2020 replaces standards with equipment rules. See also item 42 of that Schedule.