Radiocommunications Act 1989

Radio licences

114: Presumptions

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"What is presumed when you have a radio transmitter"

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When you have a radio transmitter, you are presumed to have used it, unless you can prove you did not. You are considered to have used the radio transmitter if you erected, constructed, established, maintained, or were in possession of it, according to section 113. If someone says you used the radio transmitter, you have to prove you did not. If a radio transmitter is not working properly or has been partly taken apart, it is still considered capable of sending radiocommunications. This is the case unless the Secretary is satisfied that the transmitter cannot work. You need to show that the transmitter has been made inoperative for this to apply.

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Part 13Radio licences

114Presumptions

  1. For the purposes of section 113, any person who erects, constructs, establishes, maintains, or is in possession of any radio transmitter is presumed to have used the radio transmitter unless and until the contrary is proved.

  2. Where a radio transmitter is temporarily inoperative or has been partially dismantled, that radio transmitter is deemed to be, and to remain, capable of transmitting radiocommunications unless the Secretary is satisfied that the transmitter has been rendered inoperative.

Notes
  • Section 114: substituted, on , by section 40 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).