4Class Licence

4 Class Licence

(1) This Class Licence authorises a person to operate a transmitter included in a class of transmitters mentioned in column 1 of an item in Schedule 1, subject to the following conditions:

(a) the transmitter must be operated:
(i) on a frequency, or within a range of frequencies, mentioned in column 2 of the item;
(ii) at a radiated power that does not exceed the maximum EIRP mentioned in column 3 of the item; and
(iii) in accordance with the limitations (if any) mentioned in column 4 of the item;
(b) the transmitter, whether on its own or in operation with one or more other transmitters, must not cause interference to the operation of radiocommunications services;
(c) without limiting paragraph (1)(b), the transmitter must not be operated in the following circumstances:
(i) the transmitter is operated on a frequency, or within a range of frequencies, between 70 MHz and 25.25 GHz; and
(ii) the transmitter is operated within 70 kilometres of the Murchison Radioastronomy Observatory located at latitude 26° 42’ 15” south, longitude 116° 39’ 32” east;
if the transmission will cause interference with the operation of radio astronomy observations by the Observatory; and
(d) the conditions in section 5 of this Class Licence.

(2) The following requirements must be construed in accordance with the interpretative provisions (if any) of a document or international instrument mentioned in column 4 of an item in Schedule 1:

(a) a frequency or range of frequencies mentioned in column 4 of the item;
(b) the maximum EIRP mentioned in column 3 of the item.

(3) The permitted operating frequency band in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1 must not be construed in accordance with the interpretative provisions (if any) of a document or international instrument mentioned in column 4 of the item.

Note 1 A transmitter operated under this Class Licence can be expected to be operating in parts of the radiofrequency spectrum used by other radiocommunications devices. A receiver tuned to the transmitter will not be afforded protection from interference caused by other radiocommunications devices. A low interference potential device operated under this Class Licence is generally not expected to suffer interference, however an individual low interference potential device may experience interference arising from the particular circumstances of the device’s operation.

Note 2 In accordance with the requirements of footnote AUS 32 and footnote 150 to the Table of Frequency Band Allocations in the Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan 2013, a low interference potential device will not be afforded protection from interference that may be caused by industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) applications in the ISM bands 13.553 MHz – 13.567 MHz, 26.957 MHz – 27.283 MHz, 40.66 MHz – 40.70 MHz, 918 MHz – 926 MHz, 2 400 MHz – 2 500 MHz, 5 725 MHz – 5 875 MHz and 24 000 MHz – 24 250 MHz.