Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The ACMA may, by legislative instrument, make rules ( equipment rules ) relating to equipment.
(2) The ACMA may make 2 or more sets of equipment rules.
(3) The equipment rules must be directed towards achieving any or all of the following objectives:
(a) ensuring the electromagnetic compatibility of equipment;
(b) containing interference to radiocommunications;
(c) containing interference to any uses or functions of equipment;
(d) establishing for the uses or functions of equipment an adequate level of immunity from electromagnetic disturbances caused by the use of other equipment;
(e) protecting 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;
(f) ensuring that persons who operate equipment have access to information about the equipment;
(g) ensuring that radiocommunications transmitters are not supplied to persons intending to operate those transmitters unless those persons are authorised by or under this Act to operate those transmitters;
(h) ensuring that designated radiocommunications receivers are not supplied to persons intending to operate those receivers unless those persons are authorised by or under this Act to operate those receivers;
(i) an objective specified in the legislative rules;
(j) an objective that is incidental or ancillary to any of the above objectives.
(4) Before making equipment rules directed towards achieving the objective mentioned in paragraph (3)(e), the ACMA must consult ARPANSA (the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency).