The Australia Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a Public Consultation paper to review the effectiveness of its regulatory arrangements for the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of equipment under the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
The paper identifies several potential areas of reform including:
- expanding the current list of industry standards that may be used to demonstrate compliance
- assessing whether the current arrangements effectively mitigate the potential risks associated with advances in vehicles including the proliferation of electric vehicles and their associated equipment
- amending the current categorization of low, medium and high-risk devices to ensure our regulation accurately reflects the degree of potential harm associated with particular devices.
The consultation can be accessed here, and is open for comments until December 20, 2023.
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