You can ask the Registrar for a copy of any record in the register. You need to pay a fee if one is required. The Registrar will give you the copy. The Registrar does not have to give you a copy if they could decline to let you search the record under section 28(3). This means some records might not be available to you. The Registrar decides who can see the records.

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28: Register to be open for search, or

"Check the radio frequency register to see who owns licences and management rights"

30: Certified copies of register to be evidence, or

"A certified copy of a record is proof that the details are correct and can be used in court."

Part 3Registration

29Registrar to issue search copies

The Registrar shall, upon application and payment of the prescribed fee (if any), furnish to any person a copy of any record in the register.
Nothing in subsection (1) requires the Registrar to furnish to any person a copy of any record if permission to search that record has been or could be declined to that person pursuant to section 28(3).

Notes

Section 29(1): amended, on 27 November 2025, by section 135 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).
Section 29(2): amended, on 12 October 2001, by section 13 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).