2246 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 94 23 JUNE 2005

TABLE 2 – Spurious Emissions Limits

TABLE 3 – Low Power FM (LPFM) Unwanted Emissions Limits

*Test equipment selectivity shall not impair measurement

Dated at Wellington this Monday, the 20th day of June 2005.

SANJAI RAJ, Group Manager Radio Spectrum Management, Business Services, Ministry of Economic Development.

Explanatory Note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect. This notice prescribes:

(a) classes of products, being interfering equipment and susceptible equipment as defined in section 2 (1) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989; and

(b) the standards applicable to particular classes of products; and

(c) the level of conformity applicable to a class of product; and

(d) products that are exempt from the need to be the subject of a declaration of conformity.

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Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Aeronautical Purposes) Notice 2005

Pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001 ("the Regulations") made under section 116 (1) (b) of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 ("the Act"), and acting under delegated authority from the chief executive, I give the following notice.

Notice

1. Short title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Aeronautical Purposes) Notice 2005.

(2) This notice comes into force on 1 July 2005.

2. General user radio licence—A general user radio licence is granted for the transmission of radio waves for the purpose of aeronautical radiocommunications, in accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions of this notice.

3. Terms, conditions and restrictions—(1) A person may, in accordance with the provisions of the Schedules to this notice, operate aeronautical service radio transmitters, including land and maritime mobile and portable transmitters (but not including fixed or repeater transmitters), for the purposes of:

(i) the safe and expeditious conduct of civil aviation; or

(ii) an emergency; or

(iii) a matter that relates to the particular occupation, industry or activity in which an aircraft is engaged; or

(iv) providing telecommunications services to passengers of aircraft.

(2) In accordance with the provisions of Articles 19 and 37 of the International Radio Regulations, a person operating an aeronautical service transmitter must:

(i) except as provided in Note 1, use the aeronautical identification allocated by the chief executive; and

(ii) be the holder of an applicable certificate of competency issued in accordance with the Regulations.

(3) In accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule to the Act, a person operating a transmitter pursuant to this licence must also comply with all relevant provisions of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, and Regulations and Rules made under that Act.

(4) Transmitters not required to be registered pursuant to the Civil Aviation Act 1990, must conform to technical standards as prescribed in notices made under Regulation 32 (1) (b) of the Regulations.

(5) Frequency use is on a shared basis and the chief executive does not accept liability under any circumstances for any loss or damage of any kind occasioned by the unavailability of frequencies, or interference to reception.

(6) Should interference occur to services licensed pursuant to a radio licence or a spectrum licence, the chief executive reserves the right to require and ensure that any transmission pursuant to this general user radio licence changes frequency, reduces power or ceases operation.

(7) A person, authorised by the chief executive, shall be granted at all reasonable times entry to any premises, building, aircraft, ship, carriage, vehicle, box or receptacle for the purposes of ensuring compliance with this licence.

(8) Words and expressions that are defined in:

(i) the Radiocommunications Act 1989, and Regulations and notices made under that Act; and

(ii) the International Radio Regulations annexed to the International Telecommunications Convention; and

(iii) Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (ICAO)

have the meanings so defined.

4. Consequential revocation of licences—(1) The Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Aircraft) Notice 2003, dated the 13th day of February 2003 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 20 February 2003, No. 15, page 437, is revoked.

(2) Notwithstanding the revocation of a notice under subsection (1), every transmitter compliant with the requirements of that notice on the commencement date of this notice is deemed to be compliant with the requirements of this notice.