Pursuant to regulation 32(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) and (j) of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001, the Chief Executive, Ministry of Economic Development, hereby gives the following notice.

NOTICE
1. Title, commencement and purpose
(a) This notice is the Radiocommunications (Radio Standards) Notice 2003.
(b) This notice comes into force on 1 May 2003.
(c) This notice prescribes:
(i) classes of radio transmitting products, being interfering equipment as defined in section 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989.
(ii) the standards applicable to particular classes of products.
(iii) the level of conformity applicable to a class of product.
(iv) products that are exempt from the need to be the subject of a declaration of conformity.
2. Interpretation
(a) For the purposes of table 1 of this notice:
"ACA Radiocommunications Standard" means a standard made by the Australian Communications Authority under subsection 162(1) of the Australian Radiocommunications Act 1992.
"ARIB" means a standard published by the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses in Japan.
"AS/NZS" means a joint Australian/New Zealand standard under the terms of the Active Co-operation Agreement between Standards Australia International Limited and Standards New Zealand.
"CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America.
"EN" means a standard published by the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation, commonly known as CENELEC.
"ETS" and "ETS EN" means a standard published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, commonly known as ETSI.
"RFS" means a standard or specification published by the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Economic Development.
(b) Other words and expressions contained in this notice that are defined in the Act, regulations and notices made under the regulations, have the meanings so defined.
3. Scope
(a) Except for a radio transmitter operating in conformity with a spectrum licence granted under section 48(1) of the Act, every product that is a radio transmitter is subject to the provisions of this notice and may only be used pursuant to, and in conformity with:
(i) a general user radio licence granted by the Chief Executive under the regulations.
(ii) a general user spectrum licence granted by the Chief Executive under section 55A of the Act.
(iii) a radio licence granted by the Chief Executive under the regulations.
(iv) an exemption from the requirement for a radio licence granted by the Chief Executive under the regulations.
(b) The frequency, frequencies and power of a radio transmitter product to which subsection (a) applies must be in conformity with a licence, or exemption from the requirement for a licence, irrespective of any frequency, or frequencies, or transmitter power otherwise specified in an applicable standard prescribed in table 1.
(c) If a product fits any of the following descriptions, the product is exempt from the requirement to be the subject of a declaration of conformity and to be labelled. The products are:
(i) Short range device (SRD) radio transmitters installed in vehicles at the time of manufacture.
(ii) military radio transmitters of the New Zealand Defence Force.
(iii) military radio transmitters of the defence force of another country operating in co-operation with the
New Zealand Defence Force.
4. Applicable standards
(a) For the purposes of regulation 32(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d), the applicable standards and levels of conformity apply to specified classes of product as provided in the tables to this notice.
(b) Unless expressly stated to the contrary in this notice:
(i) an amendment or modification to an applicable standard is effective from the date specified by the authority issuing the amendment or modification.
(ii) a product that is first supplied 1 year or more after the effective date of an amendment or modification to an applicable standard, must conform to that amended or modified applicable standard.
(c) If an applicable standard is an ACA Radiocommunications Standard, assessment of conformity of a product to that standard must be made in accordance with the requirements of relevant notices issued by the Australian Communications Authority under section 162(1) of the Australian Radiocommunications Act 1992.
5. Conformity requirements
(a) If a product is in a class to which a standard as prescribed in table 1 of this schedule applies, that standard is an applicable standard, and the product must conform to the requirements of that applicable standard.
(b) If a product is not in a class to which a standard prescribed in table 1 of this schedule applies, the product must, as a minimum, comply with the requirements of table 2 of this schedule.
(c) The supplier of a product to which subsection (a) applies must comply with the level of conformity requirements applying to that product as prescribed in the Radiocommunications (Compliance) Notice 2003, or a notice in replacement thereof.

TABLE 1 - Radio Standards

Applicable Standards Level Of Conformity
1. Short Range Devices
Short Range Devices: 9kHz - 25 MHz Short Range Devices: 25 MHz - 25 GHz Spread Spectrum Devices: 900, 2400 & 5800 MHz bands AS 4268.1 and Table 2 AS 4268.2 and Table 2 AS/NZS 4771 A1
Low Power FM Broadcasting (LPFM) Table 3 A1
Short Range Devices (9kHz - 25 MHz) Short Range Devices (25 MHz - 1 GHz) Short Range Devices (above 1 GHz) Spread Spectrum Devices (2.4 GHz) High performance RLAN (5 GHz) Wireless Microphones (25 MHz - 3 GHz) Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (24 GHz and 76 GHz) EN 300 330 EN 300 220 EN 300 440 EN 300 328 EN 301 893 EN 300 422 EN 301 091 A1
CFR Title 47: Part 15 - Radio Frequency Devices Subpart C - Intentional Radiators (in force at the commencement date of this notice) Sections 15.247, 15.249, 15.251, 15.253, and 15.255 A1
2. Personal Communications
HF CBRS - Citizen Band Radio Service (26 MHz) UHF CBRS - Citizen Band Radio Service (476 MHz) AS/NZS 4355 AS/NZS 4365 A3
ACA Radiocommunications Standard (UHF CB Radio Transmitters) No. 1 of 1996 3
CT1 - Cordless Telephones (below 100 MHz) CT2 - Cordless telephones (864 - 868 MHz) DECT - Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (1880 - 1900 MHz) PHS - Personal Handyphone System (1895 - 1920 MHz) AS/NZS 4281 MPT 1334 EN 300 176-1 and EN 301 406 ARIB RCR STC-28 A2
3. Maritime, Aeronautical, and Safety Services
MF/HF Maritime Mobile (below 30 MHz) AS/NZS 4582 ETS 300 373 A3
ACA Radiocommunications (MF and HF Radiotelephone Equipment - International Maritime Mobile Service) Standard 2002 3
VHF Maritime Mobile (156 - 174 MHz) AS/NZS 4415 ETS 300 162 CFR Title 47 (Part 80, Subpart E) A3
ACA Radiocommunications Standard (VHF Radiotelephone Equipment - Maritime Mobile Service) No. 1 of 1997 3
VHF Aeronautical ground-based equipment - amplitude modulation (118 - 137 MHz) AS/NZS 4583 ETSI EN 300 676 A3
ACA Radiocommunications (118 - 137 MHz Amplitude Modulated Equipment - Aeronautical Radio Service) Standard 2002 3
EPIRB - Emergency position indicating radio beacons (121.5 and 243.0 MHz) AS/NZS 4330 A3
ACA Radiocommunications (121.5 MHz and 243.0 MHz Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons) Standard 2003 3
EPIRB - Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (406 MHz) AS/NZS 4280 A3
ACA Radiocommunications Standard (406 MHz Satellite Distress Beacons) No. 1 of 1996 3
Search and rescue radiotelephone transmitters (123.1 MHz) AS/NZS 4330 A2
Avalanche Beacons (457 kHz) EN 300 718 A2
SART - Search and rescue transponders (9200 - 9500 MHz) AS/NZS 4432 IEC 1097-1 A2
Survival craft (156.0 - 156.9 MHz) AS 4416 ETS 300 225 A2
4. Land Mobile and Fixed Services
MF/HF Land mobile - SSB (below 30 MHz) AS/NZS 4770 EN 300 373 A3
ACA Radiocommunications (2 MHz to 30 MHz MF and HF Equipment - land mobile service using sideband suppressed carrier emission) Standard 2003 3
VHF/UHF Land mobile - angle modulation - 12.5/25 kHz channels (30 - 1000 MHz) AS 4295 ETS 300 086 A3
ACA Radiocommunications Standard (Analogue Speech Angle Modulated Equipment) No.1 of 1995 3
VHF Land mobile - amplitude modulation - 12.5 kHz channels (30 - 300 MHz) RFS 21 A3
Terrestrial trunked radio RFS 32 EN 300 394-1 EN 300 086 CFR47 Part 90 A3
AM / FM paging AS/NZS 4769 EN 300 224 A3
ACA Radiocommunications (Paging Service Equipment) Standard 2002 3
AM / FM Telemetry and Telecommand RFS 27 A2
VHF/UHF FM Fixed point to point 25/50 kHz channelling VHF/UHF FM Fixed point to point 75/500 kHz channelling RFS 36 RFS 37 A2
Fixed Radio Link Devices (5725 - 5825 MHz): CFR Title 47: Part 15 - Radio Frequency Devices Subpart E - Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure Devices (UNII). (in force at the commencement date of this notice) Sections 15.403 and 15.407 A2

Table 2 Spurious Emissions Limits

Spurious Emissions Limit (peak power) Frequency Range Measurement Bandwidth
-56 dBW (2.25ýW) e.i.r.p (59 dBýV/m at 10 metres) < 150 kHz 1 kHz
150 kHz to 30 MHz 10 kHz
30 MHz to 1 GHz 100 kHz
> 1 GHz 1 MHz

Table 3 Low Power FM (LPFM) Unwanted Emissions Limits

Unwanted Emissions Limit (peak power) Frequency Range (from carrier) Measurement Bandwidth
-28 dBW 120 kHz to 240 kHz 100 kHz
-38 dBW > 240 kHz to 600 kHz
-56 dBW > 600 kHz


Dated at Wellington this Thursday, the 17th day of April 2003.
SANJAI RAJ,
Manager Business Services, Radio Spectrum Management,
Ministry of Economic Development.
Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This notice prescribes:
(a) classes of products, being interfering equipment and susceptible equipment as defined in section 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989; and
(b) the standards applicable to particular classes of products; and
(c) the level of conformity applicable to a class of product; and
(d) products that are exempt from the need to be the subject of a declaration of conformity.