5Definitions

5 Definitions

(1) In this instrument:

Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

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.

banned device means a device that is an item of banned equipment.

banned equipment means equipment that is specified in a permanent ban.

dummy load: see subsection (2).

EIRP means equivalent isotropically radiated power.

maximum EIRP, in relation to a device at a particular time, means:

(a) in subparagraph 12(3)(d)(iii) – the largest amount of EIRP that was radiated by the device in any direction at that time; and
(b) otherwise – the largest amount of EIRP that may be radiated by the device in any direction at that time.

shielded enclosure means a container, room, or other thing that encloses a space, which prevents, or is designed to prevent, the entry or escape of radio emissions from that space.

table means the table in section 7.

Note: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 5, subsection 302(1) or another provision of the Act, including the following:

(a) AAT;
(b) ACMA;
(c) Australia;
(d) authorised defence supplier;
(e) compliance provision;
(f) Defence Department;
(g) device;
(h) equipment;
(i) inspector;
(j) interference;
(k) legislative rules;
(l) member of a civilian component of a visiting force;
(m) member of a visiting force;
(n) offer to supply;
(o) operate;
(p) permanent ban;
(q) radiocommunication;
(r) radiocommunications transmitter;
(s) radio emission;
(t) supply;
(u) transmitter.

(2) A dummy load is a thing that: (a) is used, or designed to be used, as a substitute for another thing that is capable of radiating radio signals that are fed to it from a transmitter (the original thing); and (b) has impedance characteristics that are the same as the impedance characteristics of the original thing; and (c) is both: (i) incapable of radio emission; and (ii) designed to prevent radio emission occurring.