The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Standard under section 162 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated 21 January 2011

Richard Bean
[signed]
Member

Brendan Byrne
[signed]
Member/General Manager

Australian Communications and Media Authority

1 Name of Standard

  This Standard is the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Amendment Standard 2011 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Standard commences on 1 February 2011.

3 Amendment of Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard 2003

  Schedule 1 amends the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard 2003.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

Do not delete : Schedule Part Placeholder

[1] Subsection 5 (1), after definition of EN 62209-1

insert

EN 62209-2 means Human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand-held and body-mounted wireless communication devices — Human models, instrumentation, and procedures — Part 2: Procedure to determine the specific absorption rate (SAR) for wireless communication devices used in close proximity to the human body (frequency range of 30 MHz to 6 GHz), published by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC).

Note   EN 62209-2 is a European Union harmonised standard based on IEC 62209-2, a standard developed by Technical Committee TC 106 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).  Australia has active representation on TC 106 through the participation of Standards Australia (http://www.standards.org.au/).

[2] Subsection 5 (1), after definition of human body

insert

IEC 62209-1 means Human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand-held and body-mounted wireless communication devices — Human models, instrumentation, and procedures — Part 1: Procedure to determine the specific absorption rate (SAR) for hand-held devices used in close proximity to the ear (frequency range of 300 MHz to 3 GHz), published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

Note   IEC 62209-1 was developed by Technical Committee TC106 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Australia has active representation on TC106 through the participation of Standards Australia (http://www.standards.org.au/).

IEC 62209-2 means Human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand-held and body-mounted wireless communication devices — Human models, instrumentation, and procedures — Part 2: Procedure to determine the specific absorption rate (SAR) for wireless communication devices used in close proximity to the human body (frequency range of 30 MHz to 6 GHz), published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

Note   IEC 62209-2 was developed by Technical Committee TC106 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Australia has active representation on TC106 through the participation of Standards Australia (http://www.standards.org.au/).

[3] Subsections 10 (2) and (3)

substitute

 (2) The measurements to determine if the aware user device or non-aware user device meets the standard for performance in subsection 9 (1) or 9 (2) are the measurements identified in the table.

 (3) A test report must comply with the requirements in EN 62209-1 or IEC 62209-1 which contained the measurements identified in accordance with subsection (2).

[4] Subsections 11 (2) and (3)

substitute

 (2) The measurements to determine if the aware user device or non-aware user device meets the standard for performance in subsection 9 (1) or 9 (2) are the measurements identified in the table.

 (3) A test report must comply with the requirements in Schedule 2 or EN 62209-2 or IEC 62209-2 which contained the measurements identified in accordance with subsection (2).

1. 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.