Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2000
The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Class Licence under sections 132 and 135 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
Dated    29 June 2000
Chair
Deputy Chair
Australian Communications Authority

Contents
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         1        Name of Class Licence    2
         2        Commencement     2
         3        Revocation       2
         4        Class Licence    3
Schedule 1       Transmitters     5

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1        Name of Class Licence

                  This Class Licence is the Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2000.
2        Commencement
                  This Class Licence commences on gazettal.
3        Revocation
                  The following instruments are revoked:
         (a)      the Radiocommunications Class Licence (Low Interference Potential Devices) 19971;
         (b)      the Radiocommunications Class Licence (Low Interference Potential Devices) Variation 1998 (No.1)2.
NOTE
A radiocommunications device supported under this Class Licence can be expected to be operating in radiofrequency spectrum also used by other radiocommunications devices (that is, it shares the spectrum with them). Devices supported under this Class Licence are typically used for communications over short distances.
By placing appropriate limits on parameters such as device type, radiated power levels and frequencies of operation, the interference potential of a low interference potential device (LIPD) may be held to a sufficiently low level that enables sharing the spectrum with other radiocommunications devices on an uncoordinated basis in most circumstances.
It is recognised that interference arising from the operation of a LIPD is still possible, although under less likely circumstances. As an aid to interference resolution in those circumstances, it is a condition of the operation of a device under this Class Licence that the device not cause interference to other radiocommunications devices; as well, a device will not be afforded protection from interference caused by other radiocommunications services (see paragraph 4 (1) (b) and Note 1 after section 4 of this Class Licence).
NOTE (continued)
Should interference occur, the onus is on the user of a LIPD to take measures to resolve that interference, for example, by re-tuning or ceasing to operate the LIPD. Some LIPDs are designed so that they are able to be re-tuned, to assist the user in avoiding interference locally.
Some of the frequency bands mentioned in this Class Licence cover bands designated for industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) applications. ISM applications generate radio frequency energy and use it locally for non-radiocommunications applications (eg. microwave ovens). Radiocommunications services operating in ISM-designated bands may experience interference from ISM applications. In accordance with the internationally-recognised arrangements for interference resolution that apply in such bands, this Class Licence notes that radiocommunications devices operating in ISM-designated bands are not afforded protection from interference that may be caused by ISM applications (see Note 2 after section 4 of this Class Licence).
LIPDs are sometimes used for radio applications with commercial or safety of life implications. Users of such applications are encouraged to have particular regard to the suitability of operating under this Class Licence for their radiocommunications needs.
Manufacturers and suppliers of radiocommunications products able to be supported under this Class Licence are encouraged to have regard to the information in this note when forming advice about the suitability of their products for the intended application of the products by customers.

3A       Definitions
device compliance day, for a device, means the most recent of the following days:
         (a)      if the device was manufactured in Australia the day it was manufactured; and
         (b)      if the device was manufactured overseas and imported the day it was imported; and
         (c)      if the device was altered or modified in a material respect the day it was altered or modified.
low interference potential device means a radiocommunications device that complies with the conditions set out in this Class Licence.
                  Note For the definition of other expressions used in this Class Licence, see the Radiocommunications Act 1992, and the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2000.
4        Class Licence
         (1)      This Class Licence authorises a person to operate a transmitter included in a class of transmitters mentioned in an item in Schedule1, subject to the following conditions:
         (a)      the transmitter must be operated:
         (i)      on a frequency, or within a range of frequencies, mentioned in the item; and
         (ii)     at a radiated power that does not exceed the maximum EIRP mentioned in the item; and
         (iii)    within the limitations (if any) mentioned in the item;
         (b)      the transmitter's operation must not cause interference to the operation of radiocommunications services.
         (2)      The frequency, or range of frequencies, and the maximum EIRP mentioned in an item in Schedule 1 must be construed in accordance with the interpretative provisions (if any) mentioned in the item.
Note 1A low interference potential device will not be afforded protection from interference caused by other radiocommunications devices. A low interference potential device operated under this Class Licence is generally not expected to suffer interference. However, an individual low interference potential device may experience, from other radiocommunications devices, interference arising from the particular circumstances of the device's operation.
Note 2In accordance with the requirements of footnote AUS 32 and footnote 150 to the Table of Allocations in the Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan, a low interference potential device will not be afforded protection from interference that may be caused by ISM applications in the ISM bands 13.553 MHz 13.567 MHz, 26.957 MHz 27.283 MHz, 40.66 MHz 40.70 MHz, 918 MHz 926 MHz, 2 400 MHz 2 500 MHz, 5 725 MHz 5 875 MHz and 24 000 MHz 24 250 MHz.
5        Standards
         (1)      Each of the following radiocommunications devices must comply with the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation Human Exposure) Standard 1999:
         (a)      a handset, for a cellular mobile telephone service, that has a device compliance day on or after 22 November 2000;
         (b)      a handset, for a cordless telephone service, that has a device compliance day on or after 22 November 2000;
         (c)      a land station (cradle) that:
         (i)      is used in a cordless telephone service; and
         (ii)     has a device compliance day on or after 22 November 2000.
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         (2)      In addition, if the device compliance day for a device authorised under this class licence is on or after the date of commencement of the Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence Variation 2001 (No.1), the device must comply with any standard applicable to the device on its device compliance day, as in force on that day.
Note 1The Australian Communications Authority wishes to make it clear that if a standard mentioned in subsection(2) is amended or replaced by another standard after the device compliance day for the device, the device need not comply with the new or amended standard.
Note 2Section 5 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 provides that standard means a standard made under section 162 of that Act.



Schedule 1       Transmitters
(section 4)

Item Class of transmitter Permitted operating frequency band (MHz)
(lower limit exclusive, upper limit inclusive)		 Maximum EIRP Limitations
1
 All transmitters 0.0000.014 200 µW
2
 All transmitters 0.0140.01995 50 µW
3
 All transmitters 0.020050.07 7.5µW
4
 All transmitters 0.070.16 3 µW
5
 All transmitters 1.       0.160.285
2.       0.3250.415		 500 nW
6
 All transmitters 3.0253.155 7.5 nW
7
 All transmitters 3.53.7 30 pW
8
 All transmitters 1.      3.73.95
2.       4.4384.65		 7.5 nW
9
 All transmitters 13.55313.567 100 mW
10
 All transmitters 2424.89 10 mW
11
 All transmitters 26.95727.283 1 W 1.  Separation of the operating frequency from the centre frequency of any adjacent citizen band radio channel must be at least 5kHz.
2.       The emission bandwidth must not exceed 10kHz.
12
 All transmitters 1.       29.729.72
2.       3030.0625
3.       30.312531
4.       36.637
5.       3939.7625
6.       40.2540.66		 100 mW
13
 All transmitters 40.6641 1 W
14
 All transmitters 5456 2.5 mW
15
 All transmitters 1.  7070.24375
2.       77.2937577.49375
3.       150.7875152.49375
4.       173.29375174		 100 mW
16
 All transmitters 1.  225242
2.       244267
3.       273303.95
4.       304.05328.6
5.       335.4399.9		 10 µW
17
 All transmitters 433.05434.79 25 mW
18
 All transmitters 915928 3 mW
19
 All transmitters 24002463 10 mW
20
 All transmitters 1.     1050010550
2.       2400024250		 100 mW
21
 Wireless audio transmitters and auditory assistance transmitters 88108 10 µW 1.  Emission must be frequency modulated and have a maximum bandwidth of 180kHz.
2.       Transmission in a radio channel must not originate in the licence area of a radio broadcasting station (including a repeater or translator station) operating in the same channel.
22
 Wireless audio transmitters 1.        174230
2.       520820		 3 mW 1.    The emission must be frequency modulated and have a maximum bandwidth of 330kHz.
2.       Transmission in a TV channel must not originate in the licence area of a TV broadcasting station (including a repeater or translator station) operating in the same channel.
3.       When in an unused TV channel, but in the licence area of a TV broadcasting station (including a repeater or translator station) operating in an adjacent TV channel, the channel centre frequency of the wireless audio transmitter must be at least 200 kHz above the upper edge of the adjacent TV channel, or 400kHz below the lower edge of the adjacent TV channel
23
 Biomedical telemetry transmitters 174230 10 µW
24
 Biomedical telemetry transmitters 520668 3 mW Transmission in a TV channel must not originate in the licence area of an analogue TV broadcasting station (including a repeater or translator station) operating in the same channel.
25
 Telecommand or telemetry transmitters 472.0125472.1125 100 mW
26
 Telecommand or telemetry transmitters 1.        24002450
2.       57255795
3.       58155875		 1 W
27
 Telecommand or telemetry transmitters 57955815 2 W
28
 Auditory assistance transmitters 3.1553.4, with a carrier frequency of:
         (a)      3.175 MHz; or
         (b)      3.225 MHz; or
         (c)      3.275 MHz; or
         (d)      3.325 MHz.		 60 µW
29
 Auditory assistance transmitters 1.       4142, with a carrier frequency of:
         (a)      41.55 MHz; or
         (b)      41.65 MHz; or
         (c)      41.75 MHz; or
         (d)      41.85 MHz; or
         (e)      41.95 MHz.		 1.3 mW
2.       4344, with a carrier frequency of:
         (a)      43.05 MHz; or
         (b)      43.15 MHz; or
         (c)      43.25 MHz; or
         (d)      43.35 MHz; or
         (e)      43.45 MHz.
30
 Radiofrequency identification transmitters 1.         1.772.17
2.       2.933.58
3.       7.210.01		 100 pW
31
 Radiofrequency identification transmitters 1.    13.55313.567
2.       918926
3.       24002450
4.       57255795
5.       58155875
6.       2400024250		 1 W
32
 Radiofrequency identification transmitters 57955815 2 W
33
 Alarm transmitters (including security and personal safety transmitters) 303.60304.05 100 µW
34
 Home detention monitoring equipment 314.075314.325 200 µW In a 10 second period, a single transmission must not exceed 10 milliseconds.
35
 Radiodetermination transmitters 2400024250 1 W
36
 Radiodetermination transmitters 6000061000 20 mW
37
 Transmitters used for underground communications 1.     3132
2.       3334
3.       3536
4.       3738
5.       4243
6.       4445
7.       70.2437574.8
8.       75.277.29375
9.       77.4937584.69375
10.      149.25149.9
11.      150.05151.39375
12.      152.49375156
13.      157.45160.6
14.      160.975161.475
15.      162.05173.29375
16.      403406
17.      406.1420
18.      450500.99375
19.      504.99375510.99375
20.      514.99375520		 3.5 nW The maximum EIRP applies at an above-ground opening associated with the underground communications.
38
 Transmitters used for underground communications 1.       0.52651.605
2.       87.5108		 10 µW The maximum EIRP applies at an above-ground opening associated with the underground communications.
39
 Aquatic animal tracking transmitters 4849 10 mW
40
 Radiodetermination transmitters operated in radiofrequency-shielded enclosures 2405026050 75 nW The maximum EIRP applies outside the shielded enclosure.
41
 Personal alarm transmitters 27.50027.510 100 µW
42
 Transmitters used with personal alarm transmitters operating in the frequency band 27.50027.510 MHz 27.50027.510 500 mW Each transmission must not exceed 4seconds over a 60second period.
43
 Alarm transmitters 344.8345.2 1 mW The average EIRP must not exceed 100µW:
         (a)      if the length of a pulse train does not exceed 0.1 second in the length of one complete pulse train; or
         (b)      if the length of a pulse train exceeds 0.1 second in the 0.1 second period during which the EIRP is at its maximum value; or
         (c)      if a transmitter operates for more than 0.1 second in the 0.1 second period during which the EIRP is at its maximum value.
44
 Radio Local Area Network transmitters used indoors 51505350 200 mW
(averaged over the entire transmission burst)		 1.  If the emission bandwidth is 1MHz or greater, the radiated power spectral density in any 1MHz is limited to 10mW per MHz.
2.       If the emission bandwidth is less than 1MHz, the radiated power spectral density in any 4 kHz is limited to 40µW per 4kHz.
45
 Radio Local Area Network transmitters 57255825 1 W
(averaged over the entire transmission burst)		 1.  If the emission bandwidth is 1MHz or greater, the radiated power spectral density in any 1 MHz is limited to 50mW per MHz.
2.       If the emission bandwidth is less than 1MHz, the radiated power spectral density in any 4 kHz is limited to 200µW per 4kHz.
46 Radiodetermination transmitters 57255875 1mW
47 Radiodetermination transmitters 7600077000 25 W
Notes
1.       Made by the Acting Spectrum Manager, on behalf of the Spectrum Management Agency, on 13 June 1997 and published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1997.
2.       Issued by the Australian Communications Authority on 21December1998 and published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24December 1998.

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Table of Amendments
Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2000 is varied by:
(a) Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence Variation 2000 (No. 1) issued by the Australian Communications Authority on 16 November 2000 (published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 November 2000); and

(b) Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence Variation 2001 (No. 1) issued by the Australian Communications Authority on 20 September 2001 (published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 September 2001).