15Compliance documentation obtained before 1 March 2003 — exception to ARPANSA Standard

15 Compliance documentation obtained before 1 March 2003 – exception to ARPANSA Standard

Application (1) This section applies to a person that, before 1 March 2003, obtained documentation showing that: (a) the RF field produced by a radiocommunications transmitter operated under a transmitter licence did not exceed the exposure levels mentioned in sections 6.3, 6.7 and 6.8 of AS/NZS 2772.1, as existing at the time the documentation was obtained, at a place accessible to a member of the general public; and (b) the RF field was: (i) measured in accordance with AS 2772.2, as existing at the time the RF field was measured; or (ii) calculated using a model or method that was derived from the mathematical formulae mentioned in Appendix B to AS 2772.2, as existing at the time the RF field was calculated. Low risk transmitters (2) Subject to subsection (7), a person that: (a) operates a radiocommunications transmitter to which subsection 11(1) applies; and (b) operates the transmitter on a site where there is no other radiocommunications transmitter; and (c) keeps the documentation mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to the transmitter; is taken not to operate the transmitter in contravention of the condition in subsection 10(1). Higher risk transmitters (3) Subject to subsection (7), a person that: (a) operates a radiocommunications transmitter to which subsection 12(1) applies; and (b) operates the transmitter on a site where there is no other radiocommunications transmitter; and (c) keeps the documentation mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to that transmitter; is taken to have made the measurement or calculation mentioned in subsection 12(2) in relation to the transmitter. (4) A person that: (a) operates a radiocommunications transmitter to which subsection 12(1) applies; and (b) keeps the documentation mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to that transmitter; is taken to have complied with paragraph 17(1)(d) in relation to that transmitter. Multi-transmitter sites (5) Subject to subsection (7), a person that: (a) operates a radiocommunications transmitter on a site with more than one radiocommunications transmitter; and (b) keeps the documentation mentioned in subsection (1) in relation to that transmitter that: (i) includes the results of a measurement or calculation mentioned in paragraph (1)(b); and (ii) shows that the transmitters on the site, taken as a whole, do not exceed the exposure levels mentioned in sections 6.3, 6.7 and 6.8 of AS/NZS 2772.1, as existing at the time the documentation was obtained, at a place accessible to a member of the general public; is taken not to operate the transmitter in contravention of the condition in subsection 10(1). (6) A person that: (a) operates a radiocommunications transmitter on a site with more than one radiocommunications transmitter; and (b) keeps the documentation mentioned in paragraph (5)(b) in relation to that transmitter; is taken to have complied with paragraph 17(1)(d) in relation to that transmitter. When exception ceases to apply (7) Subsections (2), (3) and (5) cease to apply to a person if there has been a change at the site after the documentation mentioned in the relevant subsection was obtained. (8) Without limiting subsection (7), in this section, a change at a site includes the following: (a) a change in the number of radiocommunications transmitters at the site; (b) altering the amount of power fed to any of the antennas of a radiocommunications transmitter at the site; (c) changing the characteristics of any of those antennas, including an antenna’s: (i) gain; or (ii) size; or (iii) height above the ground or other accessible surface; or (iv) tilt; (d) altering the emission designator of a radiocommunications transmitter at the site. Definitions (9) Despite subsection 6(1), in this section: