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RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (PENALTIES) REGULATIONS (REPEAL) 1993 NO. 181

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1993 No. 181

Issued by the authority of the Minister for Communications

Radiocommunications Act 1992

Radiocommunications (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation Treaty) Regulations (Repeal)

Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency) Regulations (Repeal)

Radiocommunications (Penalties) Regulations (Repeal)

Radiocommunications (Publication) Regulations (Repeal)

The Radiocommunications Act 1992 (the Act) commences on 1 July 1993 and replaces the Radiocommunications Act 1983 (the 1983 Act). It establishes a new regime for managing use of the radiofrequency spectrum. The Radiocommunications (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 repeals the 1983 Act with effect from 1 July 1983.

Section 314 of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed; or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act. Subsection 4(1) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 provides for the exercise of a power under an Act before the commencement of that Act.

The regulations repeal the Radiocommunications (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation Treaty) Regulations, Radiocommunications (Certificates of Proficiency) Regulations, Radiocommunications (Penalties) Regulations and Radiocommunications (Publication) Regulations, which were made under section 93 of the 1983 Act.

Due to the substantial differences in content and drafting style between the Act and the 1983 Act, some of the content of the above regulations was superfluous. Where the content of the regulations was still required, it has been incorporated into the Radiocommunications Regulations.

The Regulations come into effect on 1 July 1993, the same day the Radiocommunications Regulations commence.


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