Radiocommunications Act 1989

Record of management rights - Protection limits

35: Protection limit applying when radio frequencies registered under Act

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"Minimum Safety Limit for Registered Radio Frequencies"

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You need to know the protection limit for radio frequencies. This limit is the one specified on the application when the record of management rights was registered. You can find more information in sections 36 and 37. The Registrar has a job to do. They must not register a protection limit that is lower than the power floor for any frequency. This is an important rule to follow. The power floor is like a minimum limit. The Registrar checks this when registering a protection limit. They make sure the protection limit is not too low.

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Part 4Record of management rights
Protection limits

35Protection limit applying when radio frequencies registered under Act

Subject to sections 36 and 37, the protection limit relating to the range of frequencies to which each record of management rights relates shall be the protection limit specified on the application pursuant to which the record of management rights was recorded on the register.
The Registrar must not register a protection limit in relation to a record of management rights where the protection limit is lower than the power floor specified for any frequency within the range of frequencies to which the record relates.

Notes

Section 35(2): substituted, on 12 October 2001, by section 18 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).