Radiocomms Bill 2017 on WIA News

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Admittedly I haven't read the documentation and it may be that an 'eligible' corporation is defined fairly narrowly

I sat and read almost the entire ACMA document a couple of nights ago and the eligibility facet is not expanded in the Bill. I would suspect that an organisation like the WIA might be an eligible corporation in respect of amateur radio related licensing (Part 3a below refers) where McDonalds would not be regarded as having relevant expertise. i.e. ineligible. Sorry, no fries!!

Extracted from Section 200:
"(3) In deciding whether to delegate, under subsection (1), any or all of the ACMA’s general licensing functions or powers to an eligible Australian corporation, the ACMA must have regard to:
(a) whether the corporation has the capacity to properly perform the role of a delegate; and
(b) such other matters (if any) as the ACMA considers relevant. "

Given that the existing Radiocommunications Act has been if force for some years, it seems strange that certain things have to be "in writing", and given the accelerating move towards electronic documentation exchanges, there is no definition in the Bill of "in writing" included such that it specifically includes electronic formats as acceptable.

This Bill is a pre-requisite to a new Amateur LCD - possibly coming later this year once the dust settles - if the rumours are to be believed.