7Conditions — general

7 Conditions – general

Limited operation on certain frequencies (1) A person must not operate a CB station using one of the following as the carrier frequency: (a) 27.065 MHz (HF channel 9); (b) 476.525 MHz (UHF channel 5); (c) 477.275 MHz (UHF channel 35); unless the person operates the station: (d) during an emergency or a natural disaster; or (e) for the purposes of an emergency services organisation’s response, or ability to respond, to an emergency or a natural disaster.

Note 1: The use of these frequencies and channels in an emergency is not a substitute for calling Triple Zero using a public telecommunications network.

Note 2: Emergency services organisations do not monitor these frequencies and channels.

Note 3: If, in an emergency of a kind mentioned in subsection 49(1) of the Act, a frequency mentioned in this paragraph cannot be used, it is preferable to use one of the following frequencies as the carrier frequency:

Note: (a) 27.085 MHz (HF channel 11);

Note: (b) 27.155 MHz (HF channel 16);

Note: (c) 476.675 MHz (UHF channel 11).

Note 4: For paragraph (e), the operation of the station may occur in the absence of an emergency or a natural disaster.

No encryption of speech (2) A person must not operate a CB station: (a) using a frequency specified in subsection (1) as the carrier frequency; or (b) to communicate with another CB station through a CB repeater station; if the station, whether on its own or with another thing, encrypts speech transmission. No operation of altered stations except in certain cases (3) A person must not operate a CB station if: (a) the station, or an accessory for the station, has been altered after the station or accessory was first supplied by the manufacturer or importer of the station or accessory; and (b) the operation of the station is likely to cause interference to radiocommunications; and (c) the alteration did not occur in accordance with a direction given under section 9 or section 10. No harmful interference (4) A person must not operate a CB station using a frequency mentioned in a table item of Schedule 1 as the carrier frequency, if the operation causes harmful interference to radiocommunications of another CB station using that frequency as the carrier frequency. Compliance with directions (5) A person must not operate a CB station if: (a) the person has been given a direction under section 9 or section 10 in relation to the station; and (b) either: (i) if the direction requires the person to do a thing before operating the station – the person has not complied with the direction; or (ii) the person does not operate the station in accordance with the direction. No speech on certain frequencies (6) A person must not operate a CB station to transmit speech using one of the following frequencies as the carrier frequency: (a) 476.95 MHz (UHF channel 22); (b) 476.975 MHz (UHF channel 23). Identification requirements (7) A person must not operate a CB station that transmits radio signals that: (a) identify the station; or (b) indicate the geographic location of the station; with a duty cycle greater than 1/360.