1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Determination 2014.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
Note All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.
3 Definitions
In this Determination, unless the contrary intention appears:
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
class licence means the Radiocommunications (Communication with Space Object) Class Licence 2015.
4 Application of Act outside Australia — foreign space objects operating in frequency range mentioned in class licence
The Act applies outside Australia in relation to a foreign space object if:
(a) the foreign space object is owned, controlled or operated by or for a company mentioned in Schedule 1; and
(b) a space station on the foreign space object is operating in a frequency range mentioned in paragraph 6 (a) or (b) of the class licence to transmit radio emissions to, or receive radio emissions from, a station inside Australia.
Note Under section 5 of the Act, a foreign space object is defined to mean a space object (also defined in section 5 of the Act) that is not an Australian space object. An Australian space object is defined in section 5 to mean a space object that the ACMA, by legislative instrument, determines to be an Australian space object for the purposes of the Act (see the Radiocommunications (Australian Space Objects) Determination 2014).
5 Application of Act outside Australia — other foreign space objects
The Act applies outside Australia in relation to a foreign space object if:
(a) the foreign space object is owned, controlled, or operated by, or for, an entity mentioned in Schedule 3; and
(b) a space station on the foreign space object is operating in a frequency range that is not mentioned in subsection 6 (a) or (b) of the class licence; and
(c) the space station is operating to transmit radio emissions to, or receive radio emissions from, a station inside Australia.
6 Revocation of previous Determination
The Radiocommunications (Foreign Space Objects) Determination 2000 (Federal Register of Legislative Instruments No. F2008C00638) is revoked.