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Radiocommunications Act 1992
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#### 284N Public warning notices
(1) The ACMA may issue to the public, in a way that the ACMA thinks fit, a written notice containing a warning about particular conduct engaged in by a person if:
(a) the ACMA suspects on reasonable grounds that the conduct may constitute a contravention of:
(i) a provision of Part 4.1; or
(ii) section 192; or
(iii) section 193; or
(iv) section 194; or
(v) section 195; or
(vi) section 197; or
(vii) a provision of the equipment rules; and
(b) the ACMA is satisfied that one or more persons have suffered, or are likely to suffer, detriment as a result of the conduct; and
(c) the ACMA is satisfied that it is in the public interest to issue the notice.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be issued to the public by being published on the ACMA’s website.
(3) Subsection (2) does not, by implication, limit the ACMA’s power to decide a way in which a notice under subsection (1) may be issued to the public.
(4) A notice issued under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.