Radiocommunications (Radionavigation-Satellite Service) Class Licence 2025

Dated: 3 July 2025

Adam Suckling

[signed]

Member

Samantha Yorke

[signed]

Member

1  Name

  This is the Radiocommunications (Radionavigation-Satellite Service) Class Licence 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 132 of the Act.

4  Repeal

  The Radiocommunications (Radionavigation-Satellite Service) Class Licence 2015 [F2015L01510] is repealed.

5  Interpretation

  In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a part of the spectrum or frequency band includes all frequencies that are greater than but not including the lower frequency, up to and including the higher frequency.

Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) frequency band;

(b) operate;

(c) radiocommunication;

(d) radiocommunications receiver;

(e) receiver licence;

(f) space object.

Note 2: 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:

(a) Act;

(b) radionavigation-satellite service;

(c) RNSS frequency;

(d) RNSS radiocommunication;

(e) RNSS receiver.

6  References to other instruments

  In this instrument, unless the contrary intention appears:

 (a) a reference to any other legislative instrument is a reference to that other legislative instrument as in force from time to time; and

 (b) a reference to any other kind of instrument or writing is a reference to that other instrument or writing as in force, or existing, from time to time.

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: All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note 3: See section 314A of the Act.

7  Class licence

  Subject to the condition in section 8, this instrument authorises a person to operate an RNSS receiver for the purpose of reception of RNSS radiocommunications, other than the following:

 (a) an RNSS receiver located on a space object;

 (b) an RNSS receiver, where:

 (i) the operation of the receiver is authorised by a receiver licence; and

 (ii) the receiver is authorised to be operated for the purpose of reception of RNSS radiocommunications.

Note: The ACMA does not generally intend to afford protection to an RNSS receiver, operated in accordance with this instrument, from interference caused by other radiocommunications devices.

8  Condition – permitted frequencies

  A person must not operate an RNSS receiver otherwise than on a frequency in one of the following frequency bands:

 (a) 1164 MHz to 1300 MHz;

 (b) 1559 MHz to 1610 MHz.