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1 Name

This is the Radiocommunications (Cordless Communications Devices) Class Licence 2024.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under section 132 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

5 Interpretation

(1) In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

ARPANSA standard means:

(a) the Radiation Protection Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (2021), published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency; or
(b) if a later standard is published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency as a replacement of that standard – the later standard.

Note: The ARPANSA standard is available, free of charge, from the website of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency at www.arpansa.gov.au.

cordless communications device means any of the following:

(a) a land station or handset that operates on a frequency in one of the following frequency bands:
(i) 1.7175 MHz to 1.7925 MHz;
(ii) 30.0625 MHz to 30.3125 MHz;
(iii) 39.7625 MHz to 40.25 MHz;
(b) a radiocommunications device that both:
(i) uses Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications technology; and
(ii) operates in a frequency between 1880 MHz and 1900 MHz.

ETSI EN 301 406 means the most recently published version of ETSI EN 301 406 ‘Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Harmonised Standard for access to radio spectrum’, published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.

Note 1: ETSI EN 301 406 is available, free of charge, from the website of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute at www.etsi.org.

Note 2: At the time this instrument was made, the most recently published version of ETSI EN 301 406 consisted of two parts (Part 1 and Part 2).

group of cordless communications devices means 2 or more cordless communications devices transmitting simultaneously on the same frequency.

handset means a handset that is part of a cordless telephone service.

Note 1: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following: