27Conditions — harmful interference

27 Conditions – harmful interference

Operation in broadcasting services bands (1) A person must not operate a narrowband area service station on a frequency in the broadcasting services bands if operation of the station causes harmful interference to a broadcasting service within: (a) if the service is a commercial broadcasting service or community broadcasting service – the licence area of the broadcasting services bands licence that authorises provision of the service; or (b) if the service is a national broadcasting service – the service area for the national broadcast service station used to provide the service; or (c) if the service is an open narrowcasting service (other than a low power open narrowcasting service) – the service area for the radiocommunications transmitter used to provide the service. Operation outside broadcasting services bands (2) A person must not operate a narrowband area service station on a frequency outside the broadcasting services bands, if operation of the station causes harmful interference to radiocommunications of a radiocommunications transmitter: (a) operation of which was first authorised by a spectrum licence, apparatus licence or class licence issued before the person first operated the station; and (b) that was first operated before the person first operated the station. Transmission outside broadcasting services bands – interference to broadcasting services in AM radio band (3) A person must not operate a narrowband area service station in the frequency band 1606.5 kHz to 1705 kHz if operation of the station causes harmful interference to the reception of broadcasting services provided in the AM radio band.