Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1992 No. 174, 1992 - SECT 20

20.(1) This Act applies in relation to:

   (a)  a measurement transmission made in the course of, or in relation to:

        (i)    trade and commerce between Australia and places outside
               Australia; or

        (ii)   trade and commerce among the States; or

        (iii)  trade and commerce within a Territory, between a State and a
               Territory or between 2 Territories; or

        (iv)   any trading activity of a trading corporation, or any other
               activity of the corporation carried on for the purpose of its
               trading activities; or

        (v)    any other activity carried on by a trading corporation; or

        (vi)   any financial activity of a financial corporation, or any other
               activity of the corporation carried on for the purpose of its
               financial activities; or

        (vii)  any other activity carried on by a financial corporation; or

        (viii) the operation of lighthouses, lightships, beacons or buoys; or

        (ix)   the making of astronomical or meteorological observations; or

   (b)  a measurement transmission made by or on behalf of the Commonwealth,
        an authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, a
        foreign corporation or a body corporate incorporated in a Territory;
        or

   (c)  a measurement transmission made in a Territory or a place outside
        Australia; or

   (d)  any other measurement transmission; in the same way as it applies in
        relation to radiocommunication.
Note: Section 6 sets out the general meaning of "radiocommunication".

(2) This Act applies in relation to:

   (a)  a measurement transmitter used in the course of, or in relation to:

        (i)    trade and commerce between Australia and places outside
               Australia; or

        (ii)   trade and commerce among the States; or

        (iii)  trade and commerce within a Territory, between a State and a
               Territory or between 2 Territories; or

        (iv)   any trading activity of a trading corporation, or any other
               activity of the corporation carried on for the purpose of its
               trading activities; or

        (v)    any other activity carried on by a trading corporation; or

        (vi)   any financial activity of a financial corporation, or any other
               activity of the corporation carried on for the purpose of its
               financial activities; or

        (vii)  any other activity carried on by a financial corporation; or

        (viii) the operation of lighthouses, lightships, beacons or buoys; or

        (ix)   the making of astronomical or meteorological observations; or

   (b)  a measurement transmitter used by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, an
        authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth, a
        foreign corporation or a body corporate incorporated in a Territory;
        or

   (c)  a measurement transmitter in a Territory or a place outside Australia;
        or

   (d)  any other measurement transmitter; in the same way as it applies in
        relation to a radiocommunications transmitter.
Note: Subsection 7(2) sets out the general meaning of "radiocommunications
transmitter".

(3) This section does not apply with respect to:

   (a)  State banking that does not extend beyond the limits of the State
        concerned; or

   (b)  State insurance that does not so extend.

(4) In this section:

"financial corporation" means a financial corporation to which paragraph
51(xx) of the Constitution applies, and includes a body corporate formed
within the limits of Australia that carries on as its sole or principal
business the business of:

   (a)  banking within the meaning of paragraph 51(xiii) of the Constitution;
        or

   (b)  insurance within the meaning of paragraph 51(xiv) of the Constitution;

"foreign corporation" means a foreign corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of
the Constitution applies;

"measurement transmission" means radio emission for purposes connected with
making a measurement by means of the propagation or other qualities of radio
emission;

"measurement transmitter" means a transmitter designed or intended for
measurement transmission;

"trading corporation" means a trading corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of
the Constitution applies.