Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021

These endnotes explain what this compilation contains and record the amendment and legislation history for the instrument titled Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021, as compiled on the Federal Register of Legislation. Endnote 1 states that the endnotes "provide information about this compilation and the compiled law" and identifies specific endnotes included in every compilation: information about the endnotes, an abbreviation key, legislation history and amendment history. Endnote 3, headed "Legislation history", lists the primary instrument and subsequent amending instruments, giving their registration numbers (the F-numbers) and their commencement dates. The top of the legislation history lists:

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021, registered F2021L00661, commenced 17 June 2021.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2021 (No.1), registered F2021L01554, commenced 13 November 2021.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2023 (No.1), registered F2023L00146, commenced 25 February 2023.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2024 (No.1), registered F2024L00763, commenced 25 June 2024.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2025 (No.1), registered F2025L01135, commenced 1 October 2025.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2026 (No.1), registered F2026L00026, commenced 16 January 2026.

Endnote 2 provides an abbreviation key used throughout the endnotes and amendment history. Endnote 4 is the amendment history, presented as a table, which shows how specific provisions in the compilation have been affected (for example, s.4(1) has three amendment entries: am. F2021L01554, am. F2023L00146, am. F2026L00026). The amendment history table uses the abbreviation conventions listed in Endnote 2 (for example am = amended, ad = added, rep = repealed, rs = repealed and substituted).

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

ad = added or inserted	orig = original
am = amended	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
amdt = amendment	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
c = clause(s)	pres = present
C[x] = Compilation No. x	prev = previous
Ch = Chapter(s)	(prev…) = previously
def = definition(s)	Pt = Part(s)
Dict = Dictionary	r = regulation(s)/rule(s)
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament	reloc = relocated
Div = Division(s)	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have	rep = repealed
effect	rs = repealed and substituted
F = Federal Register of Legislation	s = section(s)/subsection(s)
gaz = gazette	Sch = Schedule(s)
LA = Legislation Act 2003	Sdiv = Subdivision(s)
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003	SLI = Select Legislative Instrument
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment	SR = Statutory Rules
cannot be given effect	Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s)
mod = modified/modification	SubPt = Subpart(s)
No. = Number(s)	underlining = whole or part not
o = order(s)	commenced or to be commenced
Ord = Ordinance

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Name	Registration	Commencement
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021	28 May 2021 (see F2021L00661)	17 June 2021
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2021 (No.1)	12 November 2021(see F2021L01554)	13 November 2021
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2023 (No. 1)	24 February 2023(see F2023L00146)	25 February 2023
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2024 (No. 1)	24 June 2024(see F2024L00763)	25 June 2024
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2025 (No. 1)	19 September 2025(see F2025L01135)	1 October 2025
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2026 (No. 1)	15 January 2026(see F2026L00026)	16 January 2026

Note: Endnote 4—Amendment history

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100.04%; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td style="width:27.84%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableHeading"><span>Provision affected</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableHeading"><span>How affected</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.2</span><span style="width:104.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. LA s.48D</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.4 (heading)</span><span style="width:71.63pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rs. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.4(1)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554, am. F2023L00146, am. F2026L00026</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.4(2)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.4(3)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rs. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.4(4)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.6</span><span style="width:104.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>par.6(d)</span><span style="width:87.86pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>par.6(1)(b)</span><span style="width:78.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.6(1) (example)</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.6(2)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.7 (heading)</span><span style="width:71.63pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.7(1)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.7(2)</span><span style="width:94.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.7 (note)</span><span style="width:83.19pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.8</span><span style="width:104.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.9</span><span style="width:104.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rs. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.10(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.11(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.12(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.18</span><span style="width:100.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.25</span><span style="width:100.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.25(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.25(2)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.25(5) (heading)</span><span style="width:58.31pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.25(5)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.25(6)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.26(3)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.27</span><span style="width:100.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.27(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.27(3) (heading)</span><span style="width:58.31pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.27(3)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rs. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.28(3)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.28A</span><span style="width:94.51pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.29(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554, rs. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.29(4)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.29(6)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.38(4)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.39(3)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.48</span><span style="width:100.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2021L01554; am. F2023L00146, am. F2026L00026</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.53</span><span style="width:100.29pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54(1)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146, am. F2026L00026</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54(3)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2026L00026</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54(3) (note)</span><span style="width:69.86pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rs. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54A</span><span style="width:94.51pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146, am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54A(1A)</span><span style="width:79.4pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54B</span><span style="width:94.95pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.54C</span><span style="width:94.95pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2026L00026</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Part 9</span><span style="width:94.51pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>s.57(4)</span><span style="width:90.96pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 2</span><span style="width:78.08pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 2 (note)</span><span style="width:56.97pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...........</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3</span><span style="width:78.08pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3 (heading)</span><span style="width:45.42pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.1</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.2</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.3</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146, am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.4</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.5</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.7</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.9</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.10</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rs. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.11</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.12</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>rep. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.13</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.14</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 3, c.16</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 4</span><span style="width:78.08pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2021L01554</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 4, c.2</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 4, c.3</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 4, Part 3 (heading)</span><span style="width:22.54pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 4, c.4</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 4. c.6</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5</span><span style="width:78.08pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>ad. F2023L00146</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.3</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.9</span><span style="width:64.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, Part 4 (heading)</span><span style="width:22.54pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.13</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.14</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.16</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.18</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.21</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.25</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.29</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.33</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.36</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.44</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.48</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2024L00763</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.50</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2024L00763</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.53</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>Schedule 5, c.54</span><span style="width:60.53pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span>am. F2025L01135</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:68.62%; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ENoteTableText"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:125.7pt"></td><td style="width:16pt"></td><td style="width:309.8pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

Misdescribed amendments

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

ad = added or inserted	orig = original
am = amended	par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)
amdt = amendment	/sub‑subparagraph(s)
c = clause(s)	pres = present
C[x] = Compilation No. x	prev = previous
Ch = Chapter(s)	(prev…) = previously
def = definition(s)	Pt = Part(s)
Dict = Dictionary

The endnotes present three core concepts for users of a compilation: the function of endnotes in a legislative compilation, the use of standard abbreviations to describe amendment events, and the formal recording of the legislation and amendment history. Endnote 1 describes the purpose of the endnotes: "information about this compilation and the compiled law". Endnote 2 supplies the abbreviation key. The key entries that appear repeatedly across the amendment history include: am = amended; ad = added; rep = repealed; rs = repealed and substituted; c = clause(s); Pt = Part(s); Sch = Schedule(s); s = section(s); F = Federal Register of Legislation (used to reference registration entries). These acronyms are the operational vocabulary for reading the amendment history table in Endnote 4.

A principal technical device in the endnotes is the legislation history table in Endnote 3, which gives each amending instrument's registration number and commencement date. The entries show a sequence of instruments amending the Rules across 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Each instrument has an F number you can use to locate the amending instrument online. The amendment history table in Endnote 4 then maps those instruments to specific provisions of the compiled law. For example, the table entry for "s.4(1)" records "am. F2021L01554, am. F2023L00146, am. F2026L00026", which is the coded shorthand that the abbreviation key decodes.

The endnotes also formalise handling of imperfect drafting. They state a mechanism for "misdescribed amendments": if an amendment does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made but can nonetheless be given effect as intended, an editorial change may be made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003 to incorporate it. If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, it is not incorporated and the amendment history is annotated with "(md not incorp)". That creates an explicit editorial boundary in the compilation process: compilers may correct or give effect to poorly described amendments when the Legislation Act permits; otherwise the compilation will flag the issue.

Further, the endnotes show that amendment history is granular. The table logs not only simple amends and repeals at the section level, but also amendments to headings, examples, notes and specific paragraphs and subparagraphs. For example, the table records "s.4 (heading) rs. F2023L00146", and "par.6(1)(b) rep. F2023L00146". Schedule-level changes are also recorded: multiple entries for Schedule 3 and Schedule 5 clauses are annotated across the table. This granularity is significant for users who must determine whether a particular paragraph, clause or note remains in force.

Finally, the endnotes work as a pointer system. They instruct users where to find commencement details, application, saving and transitional provisions that are "not included in this compilation". That indicates that while the compilation is the primary resource, some detailed transitional material may appear in the amending instruments themselves and should be consulted using the F numbers listed in Endnote 3. The endnotes thus provide both the taxonomy and the practical cross-references you need to reconstruct the current legal text and its inception dates.

The endnotes affect anyone who relies on the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 as a source of law or compliance obligations, and a subset of actors who produce or publish consolidated law. That includes legal practitioners, compliance officers, industry participants dealing with radiocommunications equipment, policy drafters, regulators, publishers of legislative consolidations, and researchers. The document itself is the metadata that tells those users whether and how the underlying Rules have changed.

More specifically, Endnote 3 lists the amending instruments and their commencement dates by F-number. Anyone who needs to know whether a particular provision was in force on a given date must consult this table. For example, a compliance officer checking whether a particular requirement applied on 1 July 2024 must look at the legislation history and the amendment history entries to see which instruments had commenced by that date. The endnotes thereby affect practitioners who must determine applicable law at a point in time.

Publishers and compilers are directly affected by the misdescribed amendment mechanism described in the endnotes. Endnote 1 references the Legislation Act 2003, section 15V, as the authority permitting editorial changes to incorporate misdescribed amendments "if, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended". Compilers therefore have a delegated editorial discretion constrained by the Legislation Act, and parties relying on compilations need to be aware that some corrections may be editorial rather than legislative. The presence of the "(md not incorp)" marker in amendment histories provides a notice mechanism that will affect how lawyers challenge or rely on the consolidated text.

Regulatory agencies and departmental lawyers are affected because the amendment history logs the precise instrument that altered each provision. That enables agencies to track whether their intended regulatory changes were implemented as drafted or whether there were drafting defects that required editorial intervention. The F-numbers recorded (for example F2021L00661, F2023L00146, F2026L00026) allow direct access to the registered instruments for authoritative text and any accompanying explanatory material.

Finally, the endnotes affect those doing due diligence or transactional work where radiocommunications equipment regulation matters. The amendment history flags several schedule and clause-level changes across multiple instruments. For any transaction or product compliance check, the endnotes are the authoritative catalogue of provenance for the compiled Rules. The endnotes therefore shift the compliance burden: rather than relying on a static copy of the Rules, affected parties must consult the legislation history and amendment history entries to ensure they rely on the correct version and understand any transitional or commencement anomalies noted in the register.

The endnotes themselves do not set substantive regulatory duties or statutory rights for regulated parties. Rather, they create duties and rights as meta-rules for users of the compilation: duties to check commencement and amendment provenance, rights to rely on editorial corrections where permitted, and duties for compilers to mark misdescribed amendments.

Endnote 3 explicitly states that the legislation history provides "commencement details" and "details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation". That imposes a practical duty on users to consult the listed amending instruments for any application or transitional detail that the compilation does not include. For example, if an amending instrument contains a transitional provision postponing application of a change for certain classes of equipment, the endnotes indicate the user must look at that amending instrument (using its F-number) to obtain the full legal effect. The endnotes thus shift a compliance duty onto users to check both the compilation and the amending instrument(s).

Endnote 1 sets out the editorial mechanism for dealing with misdescribed amendments under s 15V of the Legislation Act 2003. This affords a limited right to compilers to make editorial changes "if, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended". The flip side is a duty on compilers to refrain from incorporating a misdescribed amendment where it cannot be given effect as intended; in that case the endnote says the amendment is "not incorporated" and the annotation "(md not incorp)" is added to the amendment history. Users therefore have a right to notice where compilers were unable to give effect to an amending instrument as intended.

The abbreviation key in Endnote 2 performs an interpretive role that governs how duties and rights are recorded in the amendment history. For instance, "rep" denotes repealed, "rs" denotes repealed and substituted, and "am" denotes amended. These labels materially change the legal effect of a provision: a "rep" entry signals removal of a provision, while "rs" signals wholesale substitution. Users owe themselves the duty to interpret these labels correctly when determining current obligations. Where the table records "ad" (added), users should treat the relevant provision as a later insertion into the Rules.

Endnote 4’s amendment history records granular changes including to headings, notes and examples. That granular recording affects interpretive rights: removal or substitution of an example may change how the substantive provision is construed in practice. Users therefore face a duty to verify whether the text they rely upon includes amendments to examples or notes that might materially affect interpretation.

Finally, the endnotes provide rights of access to the provenance of the law. Every amending instrument in Endnote 3 is recorded with an F number and commencement date. Users have the right to follow these references to the registered instruments to inspect explanatory materials, commencement and transitional provisions, or any legislative instrument text that the compilation omits. That right to inspect the amending instruments is a practical mechanism for resolving ambiguities that the endnotes themselves cannot resolve.

The endnotes supplied here do not contain substantive penalty or enforcement provisions. Endnote 1 describes the role of the endnotes as metadata for the compiled law, and Endnote 3 lists the amending instruments with their registration and commencement dates. The amendment history in Endnote 4 is an editorial ledger showing which provisions were amended, added, repealed or substituted, but it does not itself prescribe sanctions, fines or enforcement mechanisms applicable to contraventions of the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021.

Because the endnotes do not set out enforcement regimes, anyone seeking to know penalty amounts, the identity and powers of enforcement bodies, enforcement procedures, or criminal or civil sanctions must consult the main text of the Rules and any amending instruments recorded in the legislation history. The endnotes do, however, assist enforcement actors by providing a dated trail showing when particular legal language took effect. Enforcement officers and compliance managers must therefore use the endnotes to confirm the exact operative text and the date from which it applied before taking compliance or enforcement action.

The endnotes also record that amendments have been made by instruments up to F2026L00026. Where an enforcement action depends on a particular subsection or schedule clause, the endnotes provide the references necessary to locate the relevant amending instruments and any transitional regimes. That is an operational safeguard: enforcement agencies should not assume a particular clause exists without verifying the amendment history entry, because the amendment table records many "rep" and "rs" entries (for example s.27(1) is recorded as rep. F2023L00146). The table therefore functions as a risk-control document for enforcement actors, but it does not itself create or modify sanctions.

For legal practitioners defending or prosecuting actions under the Rules, the endnotes are evidentially relevant. They allow a court, regulator or practitioner to verify whether a provision was amended or repealed before the alleged contravention. The endnotes also identify situations where an amendment was misdescribed and not incorporated, via the "(md not incorp)" annotation mentioned in Endnote 1. That note has potential evidentiary significance in enforcement litigation because it flags that the amendment as drafted did not become part of the compilation and so should not be relied upon to establish a contravention.

In short, the endnotes do not state penalties or enforcement powers. They do however alter the information set that regulators, enforcement officers, and courts must consult to determine whether a particular legal standard applied at a relevant time. Practically, the endnotes shift the compliance and evidentiary burden onto parties to verify historic as well as current text using the recorded F-numbers and commencement dates.

The endnotes expressly connect this compilation to other legislative frameworks and mechanisms. Endnote 1 references section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003 in relation to editorial corrections of misdescribed amendments, which creates a point of interaction between the compilation process for this instrument and the Legislation Act’s editorial authority. That means compilers can make a non-substantive editorial change under the Legislation Act if an amending instrument is misdescribed but can still be given effect as intended; otherwise a misdescribed amendment is not incorporated and the amendment history is annotated accordingly.

Endnote 2 includes abbreviations that refer to statutes and instruments beyond the compilation itself. For example, "LA" is the Legislation Act 2003 and "LIA" is the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. The amendment history also uses the label "SLI" for Select Legislative Instrument. Those cross-references signal that the Rules are embedded in the broader statutory instrument regime and that their life-cycle, registration and disallowance rules may be affected by the procedural statutes. Practically, readers must be alert to the fact that disallowance, registration procedure, and legislative instrument drafting norms established under the Legislation Act and the Legislative Instruments Act may govern amending instruments listed in Endnote 3.

The legislation history entries include Federal Register of Legislation registration numbers (F-numbers). Those numbers operate as cross-links to the Federal Register, which is the primary public register established under the Legislation Act. For instance, the primary instrument is recorded as F2021L00661 and an amending instrument is F2023L00146. Users must consult those registered instruments for full text, explanatory statements, and any declared relations to other instruments or Acts.

Endnote 3 further instructs that the legislation history "provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law" including "details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation." This note indicates interaction with any parent Acts or other instruments that create application or transitional consequences. For example, an amendment might state that it applies only to goods imported after a certain date, which is an application detail that would interact with customs or trade law. The endnotes therefore function as the interface between the compiled Rules and the wider body of law by pointing users to those interacting instruments and their commencement details.

The amendment history table uses abbreviations such as "rep", "rs", "am", "ad" which are standard drafting conventions found across legislative instruments. That shared drafting grammar facilitates interoperability with statute interpretation frameworks in other laws. Practitioners and courts interpreting a provision need to consider the amendment history in light of statutory interpretation principles in the Legislation Act and relevant primary statutes.

Finally, the endnotes make clear that they do not necessarily include all application, saving and transitional provisions. Those provisions may appear in the amending instruments themselves. Therefore interaction with other laws can only be fully understood by consulting the amending instruments recorded by F-number, and possibly the enabling Act that confers the power to make the Rules. The endnotes provide the navigation points for that cross-reference work.

Endnote 3 and Endnote 4 together constitute the recorded amendment history. Endnote 3 lists the amending instruments in chronological order with registration numbers and commencement dates. The sequence recorded is:

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021, reg. 28 May 2021, F2021L00661, commenced 17 June 2021.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2021 (No.1), reg. 12 November 2021, F2021L01554, commenced 13 November 2021.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2023 (No.1), reg. 24 February 2023, F2023L00146, commenced 25 February 2023.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2024 (No.1), reg. 24 June 2024, F2024L00763, commenced 25 June 2024.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2025 (No.1), reg. 19 September 2025, F2025L01135, commenced 1 October 2025.
Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Amendment Rules 2026 (No.1), reg. 15 January 2026, F2026L00026, commenced 16 January 2026.

Endnote 4 is an extensive table mapping the amending instruments to specific provisions and describing how those provisions were affected, using the abbreviation key from Endnote 2. The table contains entries at section, paragraph and schedule levels. Representative examples from the table include:

s.2 is recorded as "rep. LA s.48D". That indicates s.2 was repealed in consequence of a legislative change to the Legislation Act provision referenced.
s.4(1) shows "am. F2021L01554, am. F2023L00146, am. F2026L00026", showing at least three amendments to that subsection across different instruments.
s.4 (heading) is recorded "rs. F2023L00146", meaning the heading was repealed and substituted by the 2023 amending instrument.
s.6(1)(b) is recorded "rep. F2023L00146".
s.25(1) and s.25(2) are recorded "rep. F2023L00146", indicating those sub-sections were repealed by the 2023 instrument.
s.54A is recorded "ad. F2023L00146, am. F2025L01135", indicating the section was added in 2023 and amended in 2025.
Schedule 3 has numerous entries showing additions and amendments in 2023 and later, for example "Schedule 3, c.3 am. F2023L00146" and "Schedule 3, c.3 am. F2023L00146, am. F2025L01135".
Schedule 5 is recorded as "ad. F2023L00146" with many subsequent amendments recorded to clauses across 2024 and 2025.

The amendment history table therefore reveals both the cadence of change and the loci of change within the Rules. It shows multiple instruments effecting targeted edits to sections, headings, paragraphs, examples and schedules. Where a provision is recorded as "rep." the table shows removal; where "rs." appears the table records substitution; where "ad." appears a provision was added.

The table further illustrates that some provisions were the subject of repeated amendment across different years, for example s.4(1) and s.54/54A, indicating iterative drafting and possibly staged policy implementation. The presence of entries such as "rs. F2023L00146" and "rep. F2023L00146" concentrated in the 2023 amendment instrument suggests that that instrument made consequential restructuring changes across multiple provisions.

Finally, the amendment history includes entries that reflect interaction with other statutes, for example "s.2 rep. LA s.48D" showing the compilation's content was affected by an amendment to the Legislation Act. The table therefore documents both internal amendments and those driven by changes in the statute book beyond the Rules themselves.

Readers relying on this compilation should use the F-numbers listed to retrieve the full text and explanatory material of each amending instrument, and should pay special attention to entries that indicate repeal or substitution, and to any annotations of misdescribed amendments, which the endnotes note may appear as "(md not incorp)" if the amendment could not be given effect.

The endnotes provided do not record any litigation history. There is no mention of court decisions, judicial review proceedings, or any cases that concern the compilation or any of the amending instruments. Endnote 1 describes the content of the endnotes and Endnote 3 lists amending instruments and commencement dates, but neither Endnote 3 nor the amendment history table in Endnote 4 contain entries that reference litigation or specific judicial determinations.

Because the endnotes are focused on compilation metadata and the amendment ledger, the absence of litigation records in this material does not mean litigation has not occurred. Rather, it means this particular compilation and its endnotes do not incorporate or summarise case law. For a practitioner or researcher seeking litigation history relevant to the Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021, the endnotes point to the registering F-numbers, which can be used to retrieve the amending instruments and any explanatory material. Those instruments may include references to legal advice or the statutory basis for an amendment, but court decisions would typically be found in case law databases, law reports or tribunal records rather than in endnotes to a legislative compilation.

In the absence of litigation recorded in the endnotes, parties should take the following steps to assemble litigation history externally: search federal and state case law repositories for decisions referencing the Rules by title or number; check administrative tribunal determinations for matters involving radiocommunications equipment; and review the explanatory material or regulatory impact statements attached to amending instruments (accessible via the F-numbers) which sometimes reference legal risk or litigation exposure.

The endnotes do include signals that may be relevant in litigation, however. They record the provenance and timing of amendments and note when an amendment could not be incorporated due to being misdescribed (the "(md not incorp)" indicator described in Endnote 1). That annotation, if present, can be material in litigation about the correct text of the law at a point in time. A court will typically want to know the exact text in force when an act or omission allegedly occurred. The amendment history provided here supplies the necessary timestamps and provenance to establish that factual predicate. If disputes arise over whether a provision applied at a relevant time, counsel will use the F-numbers and commencement dates in the endnotes as primary evidence of legislative history.

In sum, the compilation's endnotes do not list any litigation. They provide the documentary scaffolding a litigant would need to reconstruct the legislative timeline, but they are not a substitute for a targeted search of judicial and tribunal records when litigation history is required.

The endnotes contain several practical caveats and potential pitfalls users must be alert to when relying on this compilation. First, Endnote 1 highlights the problem of misdescribed amendments and the limited editorial remedy available under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003. The endnote warns that a misdescribed amendment "that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made" may nevertheless be incorporated by an editorial change if the intended effect can be given. If not, the amendment will not be incorporated and the amendment history will include "(md not incorp)". The gotcha is twofold: users cannot assume every registered amending instrument is accurately reflected in the compiled text without checking for such annotations, and editorial corrections may have been made that alter the surface text without leaving the full legislative drafting in its original form.

Second, the amendment history table uses many shorthand codes and cross-references that can be misread without consulting the abbreviation key in Endnote 2. For example "rs" means repealed and substituted, which is substantively different to "rep" meaning repealed. A failure to observe that difference can lead to incorrect conclusions about whether a provision still exists or has been replaced. Similarly, entries like "ad." mean added, and "am." means amended. The practical risk is misreporting the current statute text by misinterpreting the table codes.

Third, the endnotes do not necessarily include all application, saving, or transitional provisions: Endnote 3 explicitly notes that the legislation history provides details "that are not included in this compilation." That means a user cannot rely on the compilation alone to determine transitional treatment for a change. For example, a clause might have been amended but with a saving provision preserving the old regime for certain existing products; that saving provision may only be present in the amending instrument itself. Failure to check the amending instrument will produce compliance risk.

Fourth, the amendment history shows multiple small-scale edits to headings, notes and examples. Practitioners sometimes assume changes to headings or examples are trivial editorial matters. However the table records heading substitutions and example amendments (for example "s.4 (heading) rs. F2023L00146", and "s.6(1) (example) am. F2023L00146"). In some contexts those changes affect statutory interpretation; a substituted heading or removed example can alter the interpretive frame courts use.

Fifth, the amendment history contains entries reflecting external statutory change, for example "s.2 rep. LA s.48D". That indicates that amendments to the Legislation Act affected the content of this compilation. Users must therefore consider change in other statutes as a potential driver for variation in the Rules. Assuming the Rules change only by direct amendment to the Rules themselves is a risk.

Sixth, the amendment history includes many Schedule-level changes spread across years, for example numerous Schedule 3 and Schedule 5 clause entries. Schedules are often where technical standards, exemptions, or lists of permitted devices are located. Substantial regulatory change can be achieved via schedule edits, and those are sometimes overlooked in a section-focused review. Users should therefore pay particular attention to schedule entries.

Seventh, the endnotes record F-numbers and commencement dates, but do not reproduce the explanatory statements or regulatory impact statements. The lack of embedded explanatory material means users are at risk of missing context for policy choices and transitional intentions unless they follow the F-number links to source documents.

Eighth, the HTML table rendering in Endnote 4 may be machine- or human-readable in different ways; reliance on a visual copy without downloading the registered instruments may lead to transcription or parsing mistakes, particularly for complex entries like column spanning lines in the table. Finally, the presence of multiple amendments in quick succession (for example amendments recorded in 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026) raises a temporal gotcha: manuals, compliance systems, and product approvals must be kept current because the regulatory position has changed frequently.

In short, the principal gotchas are: misdescribed amendment issues and editorial corrections; misreading of abbreviation codes; omission of application/saving/transitional terms from the compilation proper; significant schedule-level edits; external statutory interactions; and the need to follow F-numbers to the registered instruments for authoritative detail and explanatory context.

Compliance in the context of these endnotes is primarily a process and information management task. The endnotes are an editorial record and do not themselves impose substantive technical requirements. Practical compliance steps for lawyers, compliance officers, product managers, and regulators should therefore be oriented to ensuring you are relying on the correct operative text at the correct point in time, and that transitional or application provisions in the amending instruments are not overlooked.

Use the F-numbers as primary keys. Endnote 3 lists each amending instrument with its F-number and commencement date (for example F2023L00146 commenced 25 February 2023; F2026L00026 commenced 16 January 2026). Retrieve each instrument from the Federal Register of Legislation using its F-number to inspect the full text, explanatory material, commencement and any transitional provisions. Treat the F-numbered instrument as authoritative for commencement and transitional arrangements.
Maintain version control. Because the amendment history records multiple changes across subsections, headings and schedules, implement a version-control system for legal texts and compliance checklists that records the exact date and F-number when a change took effect. When advising on compliance or accepting representations about compliance, note the exact version of the Rules being relied upon.
Check for misdescribed amendments and editorial notes. Endnote 1 explains the procedure under section 15V of the Legislation Act for dealing with misdescribed amendments and flags "(md not incorp)". Before relying on an amendment that appears in the compiled text, search the amendment history for "(md not incorp)" or other editorial markers. If present, obtain the registered instrument and treat the compilation entry with caution.
Inspect schedules and examples. The amendment history shows many schedule-level changes and edits to examples and notes. Schedules often contain technical thresholds, lists of equipment, or detail that materially affects compliance. Do not assume that amendments are limited to section-level wording; review schedules clause-by-clause.
Reconcile application, saving and transitional provisions. Endnote 3 warns that application and transitional material may not be included in the compilation. For any change that could affect ongoing approvals, manufactured goods, or stock in trade, specifically search the amending instrument for saving or transitional clauses that preserve prior authorisations or create phased compliance windows.
Audit procurement and labelling processes. For businesses that manufacture or import radiocommunications equipment, ensure product specifications, labelling and certificates refer to the correct version of the Rules as of the date of manufacture or importation. Where changes in the Rules alter compliance pathways, document the date after which new product will comply with the new text.
Update compliance manuals and training material. Frequent amendments mean training and compliance manuals must be updated to reflect the current text. Track the amendment history and schedule periodic reviews, not just ad hoc fixes, because the amendment table shows multiple instruments across successive years.
Engage with regulatory counsel for ambiguous cases. Where the amendment history shows complex edits, external statutory links, or the presence of misdescribed amendments, seek legal advice before acting. The endnotes provide the map, but interpretable legal decisions about effect and application may require counsel.
Use the abbreviation key when reading the amendment table. The key in Endnote 2 decodes abbreviations such as am, ad, rep, rs. Misinterpreting these can lead to incorrect compliance advice.
Document reliance in transactions and enforcement contexts. If you act on a version of the Rules for procurement, contract, or regulatory approval, document the exact version and the F-number of the instruments consulted, together with dates of commencement. This evidentiary discipline matters in disputes or enforcement reviews, because the amendment history is the contemporaneous record of legislative change.

By following these steps , using F-numbers, version control, checking for editorial anomalies, reviewing schedules, reconciling transitional rules, and documenting reliance , entities affected by radiocommunications equipment regulation can mitigate the primary compliance risks signalled by the endnotes.

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021

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Penalties and enforcement

How it interacts with other laws

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