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Subj: [WIA-News] On air behaviour - the WIA meets with ACMA
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On air behaviour - the WIA meets with ACMA
Date : 28 / 06 / 2008
Author : Peter Young - VK3MV
Michael Owen VK3KI, WIA President and Peter Young VK3MV, WIA
Directors met with Allan Major, ACMA Executive Manager Regulation and
Compliance Branch, Dominic Byrne, ACMA Manager Compliance &
Investigations Section and, by phone hookup, Gary Ryan, ACMA Acting
Manager, Interference Management Section, Brisbane, on 18 June 2008.
The meeting, originally suggested by Allan Major at the RadCom08
meetings, discussed compliance issues that concerned many amateurs in
Australia. The ACMA representatives said that there had been an
increased level of complaints about on air behaviour, some of which
appeared to be breaches of the Amateur LCD and the
Radiocommunications Act.
The range of regulatory tools available to ACMA, from criminal
prosecution to administrative action, including warnings leading to
the suspension of licences, perhaps even leading to the cancellation
of licences, were discussed.
The WIA representatives pointed out that, to a very large extent, the
amateur service was self-regulating, from the voluntary acceptance of
band plans to the guidance of new amateurs. However, certain on air
behaviour is unacceptable to the majority of amateurs, particularly
as amateur radio sought to attract younger people. It was stressed
that the WIA was not a law enforcement agency and that ACMA was the
national regulator. The WIA Board believed that ACMA should not only
act, but be seen to act, either criminally or administratively,
against particular amateurs in such circumstances.
The WIA is grateful that ACMA intends to place more information on
regulatory and compliance matters on the ACMA website.
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2008/20080628-1/index.php
(Sourced from the WIA website)
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