Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If an inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a transmitter has been, is being, or may be, operated so as to cause interference with radiocommunications, the inspector may, for the purpose of investigating:
(a) interference with radiocommunications; or
(b) risk of interference with radiocommunications;
direct a person to operate the transmitter.
(2) An inspector must not direct that a transmitter be operated if that operation is likely to:
(a) endanger the safety of a person; or
(b) cause damage to property.
(3) The operation of a transmitter in accordance with a direction does not give rise to:
(a) an offence against this Act; or
(b) a contravention of a civil penalty provision of this Act.
Note: Offence against this Act has an extended meaning (see section 11).
Offence
(4) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is subject to a direction under subsection (1); and
(b) the person engages in conduct; and
(c) the person's conduct contravenes the direction.