Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to section 196, a person must not, without the ACMA's written permission, use a transmitter in a way that the person knows is likely to interfere substantially with radiocommunications carried on by or on behalf of:
(a) an organisation specified in the regulations that is:
(i) a fire - fighting, civil defence or rescue organisation; or
(ii) an organisation providing ambulance services; or
(iii) any other organisation the sole or principal purpose of which is to secure the safety of persons during an emergency; or
(b) the Royal Flying Doctor Service; or
(c) the Australian Federal Police or the police force of a State or Territory.
(a) if the offender is an individual--imprisonment for 5 years; or
(b) otherwise--5,000 penalty units.
(2) If the ACMA refuses to give permission to a person who applied for it, the ACMA must give the person a written notice of the refusal, together with a statement of its reasons.
Note: Refusals to give permission are reviewable decisions under Part 5.6.