23 JUNE 2005

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 94

purpose of maritime 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 maritime service radio transmitters,
   including land and aeronautical mobile and portable
   transmitters (but not including fixed, “coast station”, or
   repeater transmitters), for the purposes of:
   (i) the safe and expeditious conduct of maritime
   transportation;
   (ii) an emergency; or
   (iii) a matter that relates to the particular occupation,
   industry or activity in which a marine craft is
   engaged; or
   (iv) providing telecommunications services to passengers
   of marine craft.

(2) In accordance with the provisions of Articles 19
and 47 of the International Radio Regulations, a person
operating a maritime service transmitter must:
(i) except as provided in Note 1, use the maritime
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 transmitters pursuant to this
licence must also comply with all relevant provisions of the
Maritime Transport Act 1994, and Regulations and Rules
made under that Act.

(4) Transmitters 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;
(ii) the International Radio Regulations annexed to the
International Telecommunications Convention; and
(iii) the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea (SOLAS)
have the meanings so defined.

(9) Frequencies designated for International Distress, Safety
and Calling may also be used by aircraft for search and
rescue communications.

4. Consequential revocation of licences—(1) The
   Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio
   Licence for Maritime Mobile) Notice 2003, dated the 26th
   day of May 2003 and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
   29 May 2003, No. 57, page 1594, 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.

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Note 1: Maritime identifications in the alpha-numeric series
ZMQ, ZMW or ZMY for transmitters operating only on
frequencies specified in the Second Schedule to this notice
are allocated by the Royal New Zealand Coastguard
Federation Incorporated.

First Schedule

Designations of Emissions:
6K00A3EJN – 2182 kHz only (DSB full carrier)
2K80H3EJN – 2182 kHz only (SSB full carrier)
2K80J3EJN – All frequencies (SSB suppressed carrier)

Second Schedule

The channels specified in Appendix S18 of the International
Radio Regulations must be used in accordance with the
following designated uses: