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A corrigendum to this notice was published on 29 August 2023, Notice No. 2023-go4026.

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Radiocommunications Regulations (Radio Standards) Notice 2023

Publication Date
10 Jul 2023

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Pursuant to section 133 of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 and Regulation 32(1)(a), (b), (d), and (j) of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001, the Chief Executive, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, hereby gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title, Commencement and Purpose

  1. This notice is the Radiocommunications Regulations (Radio Standards) Notice 2023.
  2. This notice comes into force on 1 July 2023.
  3. This notice prescribes:
    1. classes of products;
    2. the standards applicable to particular classes of products;
    3. the level of conformity applicable to a class of product; and
    4. products that are exempt from the need to be the subject of a declaration of conformity.

2. Interpretation

  1. In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:

    ACMA Radiocommunications Standard means a standard made by the Australian Communications and Media Authority under subsection 162(1) of the Australian Radiocommunications Act 1992.

    Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1989.

    ANSI/TIA means a joint standard or specification published by the American National Standards Institute and the Telecommunications Industry Association Standards.

    APCO means Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International.

    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 Limited and Standards New Zealand.

    CFR means the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America.

    EN means a standard published by European Telecommunications Standards Institute, commonly known as ETSI. These standards are recognised by European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation, commonly known as CENELEC.

    IEC means a standard or specification published by the International Electrotechnical Commission.

    Product means any interfering equipment which is a radio transmitter.

    Regulations mean the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001.

  2. 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

  1. Subject to subsection (b) and except for a radio transmitter operating in conformity with a spectrum licence granted under section 48(1) of the Act, every product must comply with the applicable standard for that type of product and may only be used pursuant to and in conformity with:
    1. a general user radio licence granted by the chief executive under the Regulations.
    2. a general user spectrum licence granted by the chief executive under section 55A of the Act.
    3. a radio licence granted by the chief executive under the Regulations.
    4. an exemption from the requirement for a radio licence granted by the chief executive under the Regulations.
  2. 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:
    1. short range device (SRD) radio transmitters installed in vehicles at the time of manufacture.
    2. military radio transmitters of the New Zealand Defence Force.
    3. military radio transmitters of the defence force of another country operating in co-operation with the New Zealand Defence Force.

4. Applicable Standards

  1. 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.
  2. Unless expressly stated to the contrary in this notice:
    1. an amendment or modification to an ACMA Radiocommunication Standard or an AS/NZS standard is effective from the date specified by the authority issuing the amendment or modification.
    2. a product that is first supplied one year or more after the effective date of an amendment or modification to an ACMA Radiocommunication Standard or AS/NZS standard, must conform to that amended or modified standard.
  3. If an applicable standard is an ACMA Radiocommunications Standard, assessment of conformity of a product to that standard, including the electromagnetic radiation (EMR) performance of the product, must be in accordance with the requirements of:
    1. relevant notices issued by the Australian Communications and Media Authority under section 182 of the Australian Radiocommunications Act 1992; and
    2. applicable standards made by the Australian Communications and Media Authority under subsection 162(1) of the Australian Radiocommunications Act 1992.

5. Conformity Requirements

  1. All products must comply with the requirements of Table 2 of this notice except where an applicable standard from table 1 applies.
  2. If a product is in a class to which Table 1 of this notice applies, the product must comply with the applicable standard to the level of conformity specified in that Table.
  3. If a product is in a class to which Table 1, part 4, Land Mobile and Fixed Services, of this notice applies, use of the product must conform to the requirements of the Radio Spectrum Management Public Information Brochure 38 (PIB 38).
  4. 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 2020, published in the New Zealand Gazette, 13 January 2021, Notice No. 2021-go52, or a notice in replacement thereof.

6. Revocation

The Radiocommunications Regulations (Radio Standards) Notice 2020, made pursuant to Regulation 32 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 29 January 2020, Notice No. 2020-go115, is hereby revoked on 1 August 2023.

7. Transitional Provision

Notwithstanding the revocation of the notice set out in clause 6, every product that is compliant with the requirements of that notice on the commencement date of this notice is deemed to be compliant with the requirements of this notice.

Table 1 – Radio Standards

Applicable Standards

Level of Conformity

1. Short Range Devices

Short Range Devices: 9 kHz – 40 GHz

AS/NZS 4268

A1

ACMA Short Range Devices
(2400 to 2483.5 MHz, 5150 to 5250 MHz, and 5725 to 5850 MHz bands only)

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 Part 15 Short Range Equipment Standard

1

Short Range Devices (9 kHz – 25 MHz)

EN 300 330-1 V1.8.1

A1

Short Range Devices (25 MHz – 1 GHz)

EN 300 220-1 V3.1.1

A1

Short Range Devices (above 1 GHz)

EN 300 440 V2.2.1

A1

Near Field Communication (NFC) Devices (13.56 MHz)

EN 302 291-1 V1.1.1

A1

Medical Implant Communication System (402 – 406 MHz)

EN 301 839 V2.1.1

A1

Wireless Microphones (25 MHz – 3 GHz)

EN 300 422-1 V2.2.1

A1

Wideband Transmission (2.4 GHz)

EN 300 328 V2.2.2

A1

High performance RLAN (5 GHz)

EN 301 893 V2.1.1

A1

Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (5.8 GHz)

EN 300 674-1 V1.2.1

A1

Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (24 GHz)

EN 302 288-1 V1.6.1

A1

Road Transport and Traffic Telematics (76 GHz)

EN 301 091-1 V2.1.1
EN 301 091-2 V2.1.1
EN 301 091-3 V1.1.1

A1

Broadband Radio Access Networks operating in the 60 GHz band

EN 302 567 V2.2.1

A1

Ultra Wide Band Devices

EN 302 065-1 V2.1.1

A1

Ground and Wall Probing Radar (30 – 18000 MHz)

EN 302 066 V2.2.1

A1

6 GHz WAS/RLAN (5925 - 6245 MHz)

EN 303 687 V1.1.0

A1

Tank Level Probing Radar (TLPR) equipment

EN 302 372 V2.1.1

A1

CFR Title 47 Part 15 – Radio Frequency Devices:
Subpart C – Intentional Radiators

Sections: 15.209, 15.231, 15.235, 15.239, 15.247, 15.249, 15.251, 15.255

A1

Subpart E – Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure Devices (UNII).

Part 15 Subpart E

A1

CFR Title 47 : Part 95 – Personal Radio Services (Medical Radio transmitters 402 – 406 MHz)

Part 95 Subpart I

A1

Low Power FM Broadcasting (LPFM)

Table 3

A1

2. Personal Communications

HF CBRS – Citizen Band Radio Service (26 MHz)

AS/NZS 4355

A2

UHF CBRS – Citizen Band Radio Service (476 MHz)

AS/NZS 4365

A2

ACMA UHF CB Radio Equipment

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (UHF CB Equipment Standard)

2

DECT – Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
(1880 – 1900 MHz)

EN 301 406-1 V3.1.1

A2

3. Maritime, Aeronautical and Safety Services

MF/HF Maritime Mobile (below 30 MHz)

EN 300 373-1 V1.4.1

A2

ACMA MF and HF Radiotelephone Equipment

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (MF and HF Equipment – International Maritime Mobile Service Standard)

2

VHF Maritime Mobile (156 – 174 MHz):
Shipborne DSC

EN 300 162-1 V1.4.1

A2

Shipborne DSC - class D

EN 301 025 V2.2.1
AS/NZS ETSI EN 301 025

A2

Portable DSC - class H

EN 302 885 V2.2.3
AS/NZS ETSI EN 302 885

A2

Portable non-GMDSS

EN 301 178 V2.2.2
AS/NZS ETSI EN 301 178

A2

Coast station, shipborne, and handheld

CFR Title 47 Part 80, Subpart E

A2

ACMA VHF Radiotelephone Equipment

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (VHF Equipment – Maritime Mobile Service Standard)

2

VHF Aeronautical ground-based equipment – amplitude modulation (118 – 137 MHz)

AS/NZS 4583
EN 300 676-1 V1.5.2

A2

ACMA 118 MHz to 137 MHz Amplitude Modulated Equipment – Aeronautical Radio Service

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (118 MHz to 137 MHz Amplitude Modulated Equipment – Aeronautical Radio Service Standard)

2

406 MHz satellite distress beacons – Marine emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs)

AS/NZS 4280.1

A2

406 MHz satellite distress beacons – Personal locator beacons (PLB)

AS/NZS 4280.2

A2

ACMA 406 MHz Satellite Distress Beacons

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (406 MHz Satellite Distress Beacons Standard)

2

Maritime survivor locating systems

AS/NZS 4869

A2

Avalanche Beacons (457 kHz)

EN 300 718-1 V2.2.1

A2

Radar transponders – Marine search and rescue (SART)

AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART)

AS/NZS 4432.
IEC 61097-1 Ed. 2.0

A2

AIS search and rescue transmitter (AIS-SART)

IEC 61097-14 Ed. 1.0

A2

Class B shipborne equipment of the automatic identification system (AIS) (CSTDMA)

AS/NZS IEC 62287.1
IEC 62287-1 ED 3.1

A2

Class B shipborne equipment of the automatic identification system (AIS) (SOTDMA)

AS/NZS IEC 62287.2
IEC 62287-2 Ed. 2.0

A2

Survival craft (156.0 – 156.9 MHz)

AS/NZS 61097.12
EN 300 225 V1.5.1

A2

4. Land Mobile and Fixed Services

MF/HF Land mobile – SSB (below 30 MHz)

AS/NZS 4770

A2

ACMA MF and HF equipment – Land Mobile Service

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (MF and HF Equipment – Land Mobile Service Standard)

2

Land mobile (Angle Modulation) – 12.5/25 kHz channels (30 – 1000 MHz)

AS/NZS 4295
EN 300 086 V2.1.2

A2

Land mobile (Angle Modulation) – 12.5/25 kHz channels (400 MHz & 800 MHz trunked radio)

EN 300 086 V2.1.2
CFR47 Part 90, Subpart I

A2

ACMA Analogue Speech (Angle Modulation) Equipment

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (Analogue Speech (Angle Modulated) Equipment Standard)

2

TETRA land mobile – 25 kHz channels (800 MHz trunked radio)

EN 300 394-1 V3.3.1

A2

APCO P25 land mobile – 12.5 kHz channels (30 - 1000 MHz & 800 MHz trunked radio)

ANSI/TIA-102.CAAB-E

A2

APCO P25 Two-Slot Time Division Multiple Access Transceiver Performance Recommendations

ANSI/TIA-102.CCAB-B

A2

Digital land mobile – 6.25 kHz channels (30 - 1000 MHz)

EN 301 166-1 V1.3.2

A2

Digital land mobile – 12.5/25 kHz channels (30 - 1000 MHz)

AS/NZS 4768

A2

Digital land mobile – ETSI DMR (30 - 1000 MHz)

EN 300 113 V3.1.1

A2

Radio paging (Angle modulation)

AS/NZS 4769.1
EN 300 224 V2.1.1

A2

Radio paging (Amplitude modulation)

AS/NZS 4769.2

A2

ACMA Paging Service Equipment

Radiocommunications Equipment (General) Rules 2021 No.2, Schedule 5 (Paging Service Equipment Standard)

2

Fixed services (Angle Modulation) – 12.5/25 kHz channels (30 – 1000 MHz)

AS/NZS 4295

A2

UHF Fixed services (Angle Modulation) – studio to transmitter links

EN 300 454-1

A2

Digital fixed services 12.5/25 kHz channels (30 – 1000 MHz)

AS/NZS 4768

A2

Digital fixed services (5.9 – 40 GHz)

EN 302 217-2-2 V2.2.1

A2

Digital fixed services – 80 GHz Band (71 – 86 GHz)

EN 302 217-3 V2.2.1
CFR Title 47 Part 101, Subpart C

A2

Fixed Radio Link Devices (5725 – 5850 MHz):
CFR Title 47 : Part 15 – Radio Frequency Devices
Subpart C – Intentional Radiators

Section 15.247

A2

CFR Title 47 Part 15 – Radio Frequency Devices
Subpart E – Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
Devices (U-NII)

Sections 15.401 to 15.405

A2

Fixed Radio Link Devices (57 – 71 GHz):
CFR Title 47 Part 15 – Radio Frequency Devices
Subpart C – Intentional Radiators


Section 15.255

A2

Table 2 – Unwanted Emissions Limits

Spurious Emissions Limit (peak power)

Frequency Range

Measurement Bandwidth

-56 dBW (2.5μW) e.i.r.p
(59 dBμV/m at 10 metres)

< 150 kHz

1 kHz

150 kHz – 30 MHz

10 kHz

30 MHz – 1 GHz

100 kHz

> 1 GHz

1 MHz

Table 3– Low Power FM (LPFM) Unwanted Emissions Limits

Unwanted Emission Limits
(in the resolution bandwidth)

Frequency Range
(from carrier)

Spectrum Analyser Resolution Bandwidth

-25 dBW

128 kHz – 240 kHz

Not to exceed 10 kHz*

-35 dBW

> 240 kHz – 600 kHz

Not to exceed 100 kHz*

-56 dBW

> 600 kHz

100 kHz

*The spectrum analyser shall be set for 5 minute maximum hold

Dated at Wellington this Monday the 3rd day of July 2023.

JEREMY LOGAN Manager, Licensing and Technical, Radio Spectrum Management, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice prescribes:

  1. classes of products, being interfering equipment and susceptible equipment as defined in section 2(1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989; and
  2. the standards applicable to particular classes of products; and
  3. the level of conformity applicable to a class of product; and
  4. products that are exempt from the need to be the subject of a declaration of conformity.