18Condition — on-ground operation

18 Condition – on-ground operation

(1) A person must not operate a radiocommunications transmitter that is on board an aircraft that is not in the air except in accordance with both subsections (2) and (3). (2) A person operates a radiocommunications transmitter in accordance with this subsection if the person operates the transmitter solely for the purposes of testing and maintenance of the transmitter, or of the station the transmitter is part of. (3) A person operates a radiocommunications transmitter in accordance with this subsection if the operation of the transmitter does not cause harmful interference to licensed radiocommunications.

Note: The ACMA generally will not afford protection from harmful interference to radiocommunications of a radiocommunications transmitter that is operated in accordance with both subsections (2) and (3), where the interference is caused by licensed radiocommunications.