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  "name": "What is the EMF limit in Australia?",
  "summary": "ARPANSA RPS S-1 (2021) adopts ICNIRP 2020 — 10 W/m² for the public above 2 GHz — enforced via licence conditions and the ACMA device standard.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "question": "What are Australia's RF exposure limits, and are they legally binding?",
    "answer": "Australia applies ARPANSA's RPS S-1 (Rev. 1, 2021), which adopts the ICNIRP 2020 limits — 10 W/m² public incident power density above 2 GHz, with SAR-based basic restrictions below 6 GHz. It replaced RPS 3 (2002), which was based on ICNIRP 1998. The limits bite in two ways: RPS S-1 is in force as a licence condition for ARPANSA licence holders, and the ACMA's Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard requires devices supplied in Australia to keep users within the ARPANSA basic restrictions.",
    "cluster": "regulation",
    "aliases": [
      "ARPANSA limits",
      "Australia EME standard",
      "RPS S-1 limits"
    ],
    "related": [
      "standards:arpansa-rps-s1",
      "limits:arpansa-public-2-300ghz",
      "organizations:arpansa"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "arpansa-rps-s1",
      "title": "Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields — 100 kHz to 300 GHz, RPS S-1 (Rev. 1)",
      "publisher": "Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency",
      "url": "https://www.arpansa.gov.au/regulation-and-licensing/regulatory-publications/radiation-protection-series/codes-and-standards/rpss-1",
      "year": 2021,
      "kind": "standard",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "acma-eme-standard",
      "title": "Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic Radiation — Human Exposure) Standard 2014",
      "publisher": "Australian Communications and Media Authority (Federal Register of Legislation)",
      "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2014L00960/asmade/2014-07-07/text/original/epub/OEBPS/document_1/document_1.html",
      "year": 2014,
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    },
    {
      "id": "icnirp-2020",
      "title": "Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz)",
      "publisher": "International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection",
      "url": "https://www.icnirp.org/en/publications/article/rf-guidelines-2020.html",
      "year": 2020,
      "kind": "guideline",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
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