Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00073:front:0:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00073
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Character Range: 23831–26689

amateur station
 (1) The licensee must ensure that an amateur station is operated at all times by a qualified operator or qualified person in attendance at the site of the amateur station, unless the station is:
 (a) an amateur repeater station;
 (b) an amateur beacon station;
 (c) an amateur station using automatic mode;
 (d) an amateur station using computer controlled mode; or
 (e) an amateur station at an isolated location.
 (2) The licensee must ensure that at all times when an amateur station is operated unattended:
 (a) a timer is fitted to the station to cause its automatic shutdown if a malfunction causes an unintended transmission of more than 10 minutes' duration; and
 (b) a transmission from the station can be terminated promptly if the transmission causes interference to another service.
10 Portable operation of an amateur station
  The licensee must not operate an amateur station at a location not mentioned in the licence for the station for a continuous period longer than:
 (a) if the station is an amateur beacon station or an amateur repeater station —7 days; or
 (b) in any other case —4 months.
Note If the licensee intends to operate an amateur station at a location not mentioned in the licence for a continuous period longer than the relevant period mentioned in section 10, the licensee should ask the ACMA to consider changing the location mentioned in the licence to the new location, by varying the conditions of the licence under section 111 of the Act.
Part 2A Conditions for amateur licence (amateur foundation station), amateur licence (amateur standard station), amateur licence (amateur advanced station) and amateur licence (amateur repeater station)
11 Conditions
 (1) Every licence for a station to which section 11A applies is subject to the additional condition in that section relating to the operation by the licensee under the licence of the station.
 (2) Every licence for a station to which section 11B applies is subject to the additional condition in that section relating to the operation by the licensee under the licence of the station.
11A Restrictions on connection to a public telecommunications network
      (1)     This section applies to:
      (aa) an amateur licence (amateur foundation station);
 (a) an amateur licence (amateur standard station);
 (b) an amateur licence (amateur advanced station); and
 (c) an amateur licence (amateur repeater station).
 (2) The licensee must not, directly or indirectly, connect the station to a public telecommunications network, unless the licensee has implemented reasonable measures to ensure that only appropriately licensed persons access the station to transmit a signal to another amateur station.
 (3) In this section:
appropriately licensed person means a person holding a licence that authorises that person to operate a station using the