10Condition — compliance with electromagnetic energy standard

10 Condition – compliance with electromagnetic energy standard

Condition – general case (1) A person must not operate a radiocommunications transmitter if the RF field produced by the transmitter exceeds the reference levels for general public exposure at a place accessible to a member of the general public.

Note: Examples: The following are examples of a type of place that is accessible to a member of the general public:

(a) a private residence;
(b) a public park;
(c) a building roof top with a transmitter antenna located on the roof top, where access is not restricted by the site manager or operator.

Measuring compliance with the condition (2) For purposes of subsection 11(3), subsection 12(2) and paragraph 14(2)(b): (a) if the radiocommunications transmitter operates on a frequency in the 10 MHz to 30 MHz frequency band, only one of the following properties needs to be measured or calculated to show compliance with subsection (1) at places in the far field of the antenna: (i) incident electric field strength; (ii) incident magnetic field strength; or (b) if the radiocommunications transmitter operates on a frequency in the 30 MHz to 2 GHz frequency band, only one of the following properties needs to be measured or calculated to show compliance with subsection (1) at places in the far field of the antenna: (i) incident electric field strength; (ii) incident magnetic field strength; (iii) incident power density; or (c) if the transmitter operates on a frequency greater than 2 GHz, only the incident power density needs to be measured or calculated to show compliance with subsection (1) at places in the far field of the antenna. (3) In subsection (2), each of the following terms has the same meaning as in the ARPANSA Standard: (a) incident electric field strength; (b) incident magnetic field strength; (c) incident power density. Condition – simultaneous transmissions (4) A person must not operate a radiocommunications transmitter to transmit simultaneously on multiple frequencies, unless the transmitter meets the requirements specified in section 3 (Simultaneous exposure to multiple frequency fields) of the ARPANSA Standard.