Proposal to remake the Public Telecommunication Services Licence Condition Determination and the Cellular Mobile Telecommunication Devices Class Licence

After reviewing the submissions to the consultation paper, we have made the following instruments:

• Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (PTS Licence) Determination 2024
• Radiocommunications (Cellular Mobile Telecommunications Devices) Class Licence 2024
• Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Amendment Determination 2024 (No. 1).

You can find a summary of the submissions and our responses to them in the outcomes paper in the key documents box above.

You can access the submissions at the bottom of this page.

Under Part 4, Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003, most legislative instruments ‘sunset’. They are automatically repealed on either 1 April or 1 October, depending on which date comes first 10 years after they are registered.

The Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (PTS Licence) Determination 2013 and Radiocommunications (Cellular Mobile Telecommunications Devices) Class Licence 2014 are due to sunset on 1 April 2024 and 1 April 2025, respectively. We believe these instruments form a necessary and useful part of the regulatory framework. We propose to remake them with some changes.

As part of the remaking of the sunsetting instruments, we are also proposing associated amendments to the Radiocommunications (Register of Radiocommunications Licences) Determination 2017 (the RRL Determination). These amendments are to enable defined transmitter stations operating under a PTS licence not to be registered on the RRL.

Details of the changes proposed and reasoning are in the consultation paper. Copies of the new draft instruments are also available in the key documents box.