Astronomy Geographic Advantage Act, 2007 (Act No. 21 of 2007)

Regulations

Core Astronomy Advantage Areas Regulations for Radio Astronomy

2. Restrictions on certain activities within a core astronomy advantage area declared for the purposes of radio astronomy

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Unless required for the purposes of radio astronomy and related scientific endeavours and authorised by the relevant management authority or party with whom the management authority has entered into a co-management agreement, no person may conduct any of the following activities within a core astronomy advantage area declared for the purposes of radio astronomy and related scientific endeavours—

(a)prospecting or mining activities;
(b)harmful industrial processes;
(c)the construction and development of new business or residential areas or recreational facilities;
(d)the construction or expansion of road or rail transport networks or parts thereof;
(e)the construction or expansion of any airfield or airport;
(f)the operation, construction or expansion of facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity;
(g)the construction, expansion or operation of any fixed radio frequency interference source within the radio frequency spectrum 9 kHz to 3000 GHz;
(h)activities capable of causing radio frequency interference within the radio frequency spectrum 9 kHz to 3000 GHz; and
(i)any other activity which may detrimentally impact on radio astronomy and related scientific endeavours, or the astronomy advantage of any core astronomy advantage area declared for the purposes of radio astronomy and related scientific endeavours.