Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1983 No. 130, 1983 - SECT 26

26. (1) Subject to sub-section (6), the holder of a transmitter licence may,
either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of authority, give
to a person written authority to do for him and on his behalf anything that
may lawfully be done in accordance with the licence.

(2) Where the doing of anything by a person is authorized by an authority
given by the holder of a transmitter licence in accordance with sub-section
(1), the licence shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to authorize
the doing of that thing by that person.

(3) The giving of an authority under sub-section (1) does not prevent the
doing of anything in accordance with the licence by the holder of the licence.

(4) Except as provided in this section, a licence does not authorize the doing
of anything by a person for or on behalf of the holder of the licence.

(5) Where the Minister is satisfied that the holder of an authority given
under sub-section (1) has contravened a condition of the licence to which the
authority relates, he may, by notice in writing served on the holder of the
licence, direct the holder to revoke that authority.

(6) As soon as practicable and, in any event, within 7 days after the service
on the holder of a licence of a notice under sub-section (5) directing the
revocation of an authority given to a person under sub-section (1), the holder
of the licence shall revoke that authority, and, until the direction is
revoked under sub-section 86 (4) of this Act or sub-section 33 (3) of the
Acts  Interpretation Act 1901 or is set aside by a court or the Administrative
Appeals Tribunal, the holder of the licence shall not give a further authority
under that sub-section to that person.

(7) A person who gives an authority in accordance with sub-section (1) shall
cause to be kept in Australia a copy of that authority.

(8) A person who gives an authority in accordance with sub-section (1) shall
retain a copy of that authority for at least one year after the authority
ceases to be in force.

Penalty: $200.