Radiocommunications (Australian Space Objects) Determination 2025

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following determination under section 5 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 27 February 2025

Adam Suckling

[signed]

Member

Michael Brealey

[signed]

General Manager

1  Name

  This is the Radiocommunications (Australian Space Objects) Determination 2025.

2  Commencement

  This instrument commences at the start of the day after the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The Federal Register of Legislation is available, free of charge, at www.legislation.gov.au.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 5 of the Act.

4  Repeal

  The Radiocommunications (Australian Space Objects) Determination 2014 (F2014L01586) is repealed.

5  Interpretation

  In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

class licence means the Radiocommunications (Communication with Space Object) Class Licence 2025, as in force from time to time.

Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

Note 1: For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2: A number of other expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Australia;

(b) radio emission;

(c) space object.

Note 3: Other expressions used in this instrument may be defined in a determination made under subsection 64(1) of the Australian Communications and Media Authority Act 2005, that applies to this instrument, including the following:

(a) Act;

(b) space station;

(c) station.

6  Australian space objects

  Each space object:

 (a) that is owned, controlled or operated by or for a Commonwealth entity or a corporation mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1; and

 (b) for which a space station on the space object is operating in a frequency range mentioned in paragraph 8(a) or (b) of the class licence to transmit radio emissions to, or receive radio emissions from, a station inside Australia;

is determined to be an Australian space object for the purposes of the Act.

Schedule 1 Owners, controllers or operators of Australian space objects operating in a frequency range mentioned in the class licence

(paragraph 6 (a))