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Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency – Minimum Age) Declaration 2025

 

The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes the following declaration under subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated: 6 March 2025

Adam Suckling

[signed]

Member

 

Michael Brealey

[signed]

General Manager

 

Australian Communications and Media Authority

 

 

 

  This is the Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency – Minimum Age) Declaration 2025.

  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.

  This instrument is made under subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

  The Radiocommunications (Minimum Age for Issue of Certificates of Proficiency) Declaration 2015 [F2015L01286] is repealed.

  For the purposes of subsection 122(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992, the minimum age for a class of certificates of proficiency specified in column 1 of an item of the table is the age declared in column 2 of that item.

 

Column 1

Column 2

 

Class of certificate of proficiency

Minimum age

1

Long Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency

16

2

Marine Satellite Communications Endorsement

16

3

Short Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency

16

Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including ‘certificate of proficiency’.

Note 2: The names of the classes of certificate of proficiency are based on the names given to certificates by Article 47 of the International Telecommunication Union’s Radio Regulations. The Radio Regulations are available, free of charge, from www.itu.int.