Part 3 Conditions — amateur licence (amaPart 3 Conditions — amateur licence (amateur foundation station), amateur licence (amateur standard station), and amateur licence (amateur advanced station)

Part 3 Conditions – amateur licence (amateur foundation station), amateur licence (amateur standard station), and amateur licence (amateur advanced station)

13 Application of Part 3

(1) Subject to subsection (2), every amateur licence (amateur foundation station), amateur licence (amateur standard station), and amateur licence (amateur advanced station) is subject to the conditions in this Part. (2) If: (a) a condition is specified in an amateur licence (amateur foundation station), amateur licence (amateur standard station) or an amateur licence (amateur advanced station) under paragraph 107(1)(g) of the Act, or imposed on the licence under paragraph 111(1)(a) of the Act; and (b) that condition is inconsistent with a condition specified in this Part; then, subject to subsection (3), to the extent of any inconsistency, the condition mentioned in paragraph (a) prevails. (3) If a condition specified in an amateur licence (amateur foundation station), amateur licence (amateur standard station), or an amateur licence (amateur advanced station) under paragraph 107(1)(g) of the Act, or imposed on the licence under paragraph 111(1)(a) of the Act, is inconsistent with subsection 14(4) or section 16, then to the extent of any inconsistency, subsection 14(4) or section 16 (as the case requires) prevails.

Note: The Radiocommunications (Amateur Stations) Class Licence 2023 commenced on 19 February 2024. The ACMA does not intend to issue any further amateur licences authorising the operation of an amateur advanced station, amateur foundation station or amateur standard station. The ACMA expects that the last amateur licence to which this Part applies will expire in June 2028, unless it is surrendered earlier.

14 Conditions – using call signs

Conditions (1) Subject to this section, a person must, when operating an amateur station, transmit the station’s call sign at each of the following times: (a) the beginning of each transmission; (b) the end of each transmission; (c) if a transmission lasts more than 10 minutes – at least once every 10 minutes during the transmission. (2) Subject to this section, a person must, when operating an amateur station (the transmitting station) to make a series of transmissions from an amateur station to a station with which communications have been established, transmit the call sign of the station being called, or communicated with, followed by the call sign of the transmitting station at each of the following times: (a) the beginning of each transmission; (b) the end of each transmission; (c) if a transmission lasts more than 10 minutes – at least once every 10 minutes during the transmission. Exceptions (3) If a person is supervised by a qualified person (supervisor) when operating an amateur station, for the purposes of complying with subsections (1) and (2), the person may transmit, at the times required by subsections (1) and (2), either: (a) the supervisor’s call sign; or (b) the call sign of a station specified in an amateur licence issued to the supervisor. (4) If a call sign commences with the letters VK, the person may substitute those letters with the letters AX when complying with subsections (1) and (2) on the following dates each year: (a) 26 January; (b) 25 April; (c) 17 May.