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Title	Science and Innovation, Department of / Departement van Wetenskap en Innovasie, Departement van 316 Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007 » Notice of the revised exempted radio frequency spectrum for the Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Area
Gazette	National Gazettes, No. 44420 of 06 April, 2021, 2 page(s), 155Kb

STAATSKOERANT, 6 ApRil 2021                         No. 44420    3

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

NO. 316                                                                                   6 April 2021

NOTICE OF THE REVISED EXEMPTED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM FOR THE
               KAROO CENTRAL ASTRONOMY ADVANTAGE AREA

I, Dr. Bonginkosi Emmanuel Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science and
                Innovation published the exempted frequency spectrum as outlined in the Regulations for
               the Protection of the Karoo Central Astronomy Advantage Areas (herein after referred to
               as the " KCAAA Regulations ") in Government Gazette No. 42531, under Notice No. 926
               on 14 June 2019.

In accordance with Regulation 3(4) of Schedule B of the KCAAA Regulations and having
               received concurrence from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
               (ICASA), I hereby publish the revised radio frequency spectrum exempted for use within
               the KCAAAs as set out in the attached schedule. As a result of the aforementioned I
               extended the period for compliance with the Regulations on the Protection of the Karoo
               Central Astronomy Advantage Areas, made under the Astronomy Geographic Advantage
               Act, 2007, to 15 December 2021(Notice No.1293, published in Government Gazette No.
               43967, on 4 December 2020)
               Interested and affected parties are invited to submit written representations on or
               objections to the intended revised exempted radio frequency spectrum for the Karoo
               Central Astronomy Advantage Area within 60 (sixty) days of publication of the said notice
               In terms of Regulation 3(2) of Schedule A of the KCAAA Regulations (extended to 15
               December 2021), the use of the radio frequency spectrum from 100MHz to 25 500 MHz
               (25.5 GHz) within the KCAAA will be prohibited. Only the radio frequency spectrum
               exempted from the prohibition as stated in the attached schedule may subsequently be
               used if a permit has been issued in terms of Regulation 4 of Schedule B of the KCAAA
               Regulations.

All licensees and licence exempt operators who conduct radio transmissions within the
                KCAAAs, except for those who are exempted in terms of Regulation 5 of Schedule A of
               the KCAAA Regulations, are required to apply for a permit from the Astronomy
               Management Authority (AMA), a unit of the Department of Science and Innovation, in
               order to be able to continue to operate within the KCAAAs.
               The application forms for permits were published in Government Gazette No. 42085,
               under Notice No. 1337, on 05 December 2018. The application forms are available at the
                Department of Science and Innovation offices and online at

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