Section 7 - Radiocommunications Act 1992 - Definitions of radiocommunications device, radiocommunications transmitter and radiocommunications receiver

7Definitions of radiocommunications device, radiocommunications transmitter and radiocommunications receiver

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#### 7 Definitions of radiocommunications device, radiocommunications transmitter and radiocommunications receiver (1) For the purposes of this Act, a radiocommunications device is: (a) a radiocommunications transmitter other than a radiocommunications transmitter of a kind specified in a written determination made by the ACMA for the purposes of this paragraph; or (b) a radiocommunications receiver of a kind specified in a written determination made by the ACMA for the purposes of this paragraph. (2) For the purposes of this Act, a radiocommunications transmitter is: (a) a transmitter designed or intended for use for the purpose of radiocommunication; or (b) anything (other than a line within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997) designed or intended to be ancillary to, or associated with, such a transmitter for the purposes of that use; or (c) anything (whether artificial or natural) that is designed or intended for use for the purpose of radiocommunication by means of the reflection of radio emissions and that the ACMA determines in writing to be a radiocommunications transmitter for the purposes of this Act. (3) For the purposes of this Act, a radiocommunications receiver is: (a) anything designed or intended for use for the purposes of radiocommunication by means of the reception of radio emission; or (b) anything (other than a line within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997) designed or intended to be ancillary to, or associated with, such a thing for the purposes of that use; or (c) anything (whether artificial or natural) that is designed or intended for use for the purpose of radiocommunication by means of the reflection of radio emissions and that the ACMA determines in writing to be a radiocommunications receiver for the purposes of this Act. (4) This Act does not preclude the same thing from being both a radiocommunications receiver and a radiocommunications transmitter, or any other kind of transmitter, for the purposes of this Act. (5) A determination by the ACMA under this section is a legislative instrument.