ABN has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
accredited testing body means a laboratory that is described in subsection (2) or (3).
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
agent, of a manufacturer or importer, means a person who is authorised in writing by the manufacturer or importer to act in Australia as an agent of the manufacturer or importer for Division 7 of Part 4.1 of the Act.
applicable standard means the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation—Human Exposure) Standard 2003, as in force from time to time.
ARPANSA standard means the Radiation Protection Standard for Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields—3 kHz to 300 GHz published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency and assigned the number ISBN 0‑0642‑79400‑6.
Note: The ARPANSA standard may be obtained from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency website http://www.arpansa.gov.au .
AS/NZS 4417.1 means the Australian/New Zealand Standard Marking of electrical and electronic products to indicate compliance with regulations—Part 1: General rules for use of the mark published by Standards Australia.
authorised officer means:
(a) an inspector under subsection 267(1) of the Act; or
(b) a person authorised in writing by the ACMA for sections 24 and 25.
aware user device means a hand‑held or body‑worn radiocommunications transmitter that operates on a push‑to‑talk basis and is intended for use as:
(a) an ambulatory station; or
(b) a land mobile system station; or
(c) a maritime ship station; or
(d) a citizens band radio station; or
(e) an amateur station.
built‑in display, for a device, means an electronic display or screen integral to the device, and does not include a display or screen that can be used independently of the device.
category A device has the meaning given by section 5.
category B device means a device that is not a category A device.
compliance label has the meaning given by subsection 19(1).
Note: Section 8 extends some references to ‘compliance label’ in this Notice to include a compliance label under the Telecommunications Labelling (Customer Equipment and Customer Cabling) Notice 2001.
compliance mark means the C‑Tick mark or the RCM.
compliance record has the meaning given by section 20.
C‑Tick mark means the mark set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
declaration of conformity means a declaration that:
(a) is in a form approved by the ACMA; or
(b) contains the information required in that approved form, whether or not the declaration is accompanied by other material.
description of the device means sufficient information for a person to determine whether the device is the same as a device for which a declaration of conformity, test report or assessment against the applicable standard was prepared.
Note: The description of a device may include a photograph or sketch or other pictorial representation of the device illustrating its internal and external aspects (including printed circuit boards).
device means a mobile station to which the applicable standard applies.
human body means the head, neck and trunk but not the limbs.
mobile station means a transmitter that is established for use:
(a) in motion, on land, water or in the air; or
(b) in a stationary position at unspecified points on land, water or in the air.
Note: Examples of a mobile station
Note: 1 A wireless modem operating in a laptop computer.
Note: 2 A hand‑held cellular or PCS telephone with a radiating antenna in the handpiece.
NATA means the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (ACN 004 379 748).
national database means a database designated in writing by the ACMA for the purposes of Division 2.2.
Note: A database may be designated by the ACMA for the purposes of Division 2.2 even if it forms part of another database or also serves purposes other than purposes provided for in this Notice.
non‑aware user device means a device other than an aware user device.
normal position of use, of a device, means:
(a) the position specified in the measurement method applicable to the device in section 10, 11 or 12 of the applicable standard; or
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, the common use spatial orientation of the device with respect to the user; or
(c) if paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply, the spatial orientation of the device with respect to the user defined by the manufacturer.
product identification code, for a device, means the written information used by the supplier of the device to identify the device.
RCM means the Regulatory Compliance Mark set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
Specific Absorption Rate, or SAR, means the rate at which RF energy is absorbed in body tissues, expressed as watts per kilogram (‘W/kg’).
supplier means:
(a) in relation to an imported device—the importer or agent of the importer; and
(b) in relation to a device manufactured in Australia—the manufacturer or the agent of the manufacturer.
supplier code number means a code number issued to a person:
(a) in accordance with a notice made by the ACMA under section 407 of the Telecommunications Act 1997; or
(b) in accordance with a notice made by the ACMA under section 182 of the Act; or
(c) by Standards Australia International Limited under AS/NZS 4417.
variant means a version of a device that is not identical to the device but is not sufficiently different from the device to affect the application to that version of a standard that applies to the device.
working day, in relation to a request, means a day other than:
(a) a Saturday or a Sunday; or
(b) a day that is a public holiday or an Australian Public Service holiday in the place where the request is made.
(2) Before 1 March 2005, an accredited testing body is a laboratory that is:
(a) accredited by:
(i) NATA; or
(ii) an accreditation body of a foreign country, being a body with whom NATA has a mutual recognition arrangement or agreement;
to conduct tests for specific absorption rate; or
(b) certified in accordance with International Standards Organisation ISO 9001:2000, as in force from time to time; or
(c) accredited, in accordance with International Standards Organisation ISO 17025, as in force from time to time, to test the specific absorption rate.
(3) On and after 1 March 2005, an accredited testing body is a laboratory that is accredited by:
(a) NATA; or
(b) an accreditation body of a foreign country, being a body with whom NATA has a mutual recognition arrangement or agreement;
to conduct tests for specific absorption rate.
Note: On and from 1 March 2005, category B devices whose normal position of use is not more than 20cm from the human body must have tests for specific absorption rate conducted only by the bodies mentioned in subsection (3).
(4) A reference in this Notice to a document with the prefix ‘AS/NZS’ is a reference to a document that is a joint Australian and New Zealand Standard approved for publication on behalf of the Standards organisations of those countries, as in force from time to time.
(5) Reference may be made in this Notice to an Australian and New Zealand Standard by number alone without inclusion of the edition or year of publication of the standard.
Note: Example
Note: AS/NZS 4417.1:1996 may be referred to as AS/NZS 4417.1.
(6) A term that is:
(a) used (but not defined) in this Notice; and
(b) defined in the Glossary of the ARPANSA standard;
has the meaning given by the Glossary.