Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00514:schedule:4:p1
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Schedule 4—Standard in relation to human exposure to electromagnetic energy
               (section 4)

Part 1—Preliminary

       1  Object of this Schedule

         The object of this Schedule is to protect the health or safety of individuals from any adverse effect likely to be attributable to radio emissions resulting from a reasonably foreseeable use (including a misuse) of radiocommunications transmitters.

       2  Interpretation

        (1) In this Schedule:

       applicable device: see subclause 3(1).

       ARPANSA standard means the Radiation Protection Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (2021), or any standard published as a replacement of that standard by ARPANSA.

            Note: The ARPANSA standard is available, free of charge, from the ARPANSA website: www.arpansa.gov.au.

       AS/NZS 2772.2 means:
           (a) the document titled 'AS/NZS 2772.2:2016 Radiofrequency fields, Part 2: Principles and methods of measurement and computation – 3 kHz to 300 GHz', published by Standards Australia; or
           (b) if a later document published by Standards Australia is expressed to replace the document mentioned in paragraph (a) – the later document.

            Note: AS/NZS 2772.2 may be obtained, for a fee, from a Standards Australia distributor listed on the Standards Australia website: www.standards.org.au. AS/NZS 2772.2 is also available to be viewed, on prior request, at an ACMA office, subject to licensing conditions.

       Aware User has the meaning given by paragraph 5.1.1(c) of the ARPANSA standard.

       basic restrictions means the restrictions identified as basic restrictions in sections 2 and 3 of the ARPANSA standard.

       C95.3 means:
           (a) the document titled 'IEEE C95.3:2021 – IEEE Recommended Practice for Measurements and Computations of Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Fields with Respect to Human Exposure to Such Fields, 0 Hz to 300 GHz', published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; or
           (b) if a later document published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is expressed to replace the document mentioned in paragraph (a) – the later document.

            Note: C95.3 may be obtained, for a fee, from the website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: standards.ieee.org. C95.3 is also available to be viewed, on prior request, at an ACMA office, subject to licensing conditions.

       EN 62209-1 means:
           (a) the document titled 'EN 62209-1:2016 Measurement procedure for the assessment of specific absorption rate of human exposure to radio frequency fields from hand-held and body-mounted wireless communication devices – Part 1: Devices used next to the ear (frequency range of 300 MHz to 6 GHz)', published by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization; or
           (b) if a later document published by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization is expressed to replace the document mentioned in paragraph (a) – the later document.

            Note: EN 62209-1 may be obtained, for a fee, from a Standards Australia distributor listed on