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Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Apparatus Licence) Determination 2015 – Remaking of sunsetting instrument without amendments – Australian Communications and Media Authority

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) remade one sunsetting legislative instrument without significant amendments on 20 February 2015: the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Apparatus Licence) Determination 2015. The instrument seeks to address public health concerns with exposure to electromagnetic radiation from telecommunications transmitters. Exposure limits are drawn from the Radiation Protection Standard for Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields—3 kHz to 300 GHz published by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (the ARPANSA Standard). In line with the Australian Government best practice regulation requirements for sunsetting legislative instruments, the ACMA has assessed the operation of this instrument in consultation with affected stakeholders and has certified that the instrument is operating efficiently and effectively. Therefore the Office of Best Practice Regulation notes that a Regulation Impact Statement is not required for this regulation to be remade. As the instrument was remade without amendments there are no compliance cost changes.