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This is the Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency – Minimum Age) Declaration 2025.
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This declaration fixes the minimum age for three radiocommunications certificates (Long Range Operator, Marine Satellite Communications Endorsement, and Short Range Operator) at 16, repeals the 2015 declaration, and takes effect the day after registration. It changes the legal eligibility rule used under the Radiocommunications Act 1992, so applicants and the certificate-issuing authority must treat age 16 as the threshold for those specific certificates.
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This is the Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency – Minimum Age) Declaration 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 subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
The Radiocommunications (Minimum Age for Issue of Certificates of Proficiency) Declaration 2015 [F2015L01286] is repealed.
For the purposes of subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, the minimum age for a class of certificates of proficiency specified in column 1 of an item of the table is the age declared in column 2 of that item.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Class of certificate of proficiency | Minimum age | |
| 1 | Long Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency | 16 |
| 2 | Marine Satellite Communications Endorsement | 16 |
| 3 | Short Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency | 16 |
Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including ‘certificate of proficiency’.
Note 2: The names of the classes of certificate of proficiency are based on the names given to certificates by Article 47 of the International Telecommunication Union’s Radio Regulations. The Radio Regulations are available, free of charge, from www.itu.int.
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This is the Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency – Minimum Age) Declaration 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 subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
The Radiocommunications (Minimum Age for Issue of Certificates of Proficiency) Declaration 2015 [F2015L01286] is repealed.
For the purposes of subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, the minimum age for a class of certificates of proficiency specified in column 1 of an item of the table is the age declared in column 2 of that item.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Class of certificate of proficiency | Minimum age | |
| 1 | Long Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency | 16 |
| 2 | Marine Satellite Communications Endorsement | 16 |
| 3 | Short Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency | 16 |
Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including ‘certificate of proficiency’.
Note 2: The names of the classes of certificate of proficiency are based on the names given to certificates by Article 47 of the International Telecommunication Union’s Radio Regulations. The Radio Regulations are available, free of charge, from www.itu.int.