2588 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 97 1 AUGUST 2013

General Notices

Unclaimed Property

Notice of Election to Manage Property

Pursuant to section 101(1) of the Public Trust Act 2001, Public Trust hereby gives notice that:

(a) Yeong Ok Lee, formerly of Auckland but now of parts unknown, is the owner of the property described in the Schedule hereto.

(b) Public Trust elects to become manager of the property, it being satisfied that it is advisable in terms of section 101(1) of the above Act.

Schedule

An access strip adjoining 76A Mokoia Road, Birkenhead, Auckland, being an estate in fee simple containing 339 square metres, part Lot 3 DP 233 and part Lot 4 DP 415, Computer Freehold Register NA189/204 (North Auckland Registry).

Dated at Christchurch this 25th day of July 2013.

R. J. CALVERT, Authorised Signatory.

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Departmental Notices

Business, Innovation and Employment

Radiocommunications Act 1989

Radiocommunications Regulations 2001

Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators) Notice 2013

Pursuant to section 111 of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 and Regulation 9 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001, 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 Amateur Radio Operators) Notice 2013.

(2) This notice comes into force on 1 August 2013.

2. General user radio licence—A general user radio licence is granted for the transmission of radio waves by amateur radio operators in New Zealand, for the purpose of communications in the amateur radio service in accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions of this notice.

3. Terms, conditions and restrictions applying to New Zealand amateur operators—(1) Persons who hold a General Amateur Operator’s Certificate of Competency and a callsign issued pursuant to the Regulations may operate an amateur radio station in New Zealand.

(2) The callsign prefix of “ZL” may be substituted with the prefix “ZM” by the callsign holder for the period of, and participation in, a recognised contest, or as the control station for special event communications.

(3) Operation on amateur bands between 5 MHz and 25 MHz is not permitted unless a person has held a General Amateur Operators Certificate of Competency for three months and logged 50 contacts during this period. The person must keep the logbook record for at least one year and, during this period, produce it at the request of the chief executive.

4. Terms, conditions and restrictions applying to visiting amateur operators—(1) Persons visiting New Zealand who hold a current amateur certificate of competency, authorisation or licence issued by another administration, may operate an amateur station in New Zealand for a period not exceeding 90 days, provided the certificate, authorisation or licence meets the requirements of Recommendation ITU-R M.1544 or CEPT T/R 61-01 or CEPT T/R 61-02 and is produced at the request of the chief executive.

(2) The visiting overseas operator must use the national callsign allocated by the other administration to the operator, in conjunction with the prefix or suffix “ZL”, except where subsection (3) applies, which is to be separated from the national callsign by the character “/” (telegraphy), or the word “stroke” (telephony).

(3) The visiting overseas operator may use the prefix or suffix:
a. ZL7 when visiting the Chatham Islands
b. ZL8 when visiting the Kermadec Islands
c. ZL9 when visiting the Sub-Antarctic Islands

5. Terms, conditions and restrictions applying to all amateur operators—(1) The use of callsigns, including temporary and club callsigns, must be in accordance with publication PIB 46 “Radio Operator Certificate and Callsign Rules” published at www.rsm.govt.nz.

(2) Callsigns must be transmitted at least once every 15 minutes during communications.

(3) National and international communication is permitted only between amateur stations, and is limited to matters of a personal nature, or for the purpose of self-training, intercommunication and radio technology investigation, solely with a personal aim and without pecuniary interest. The passing of brief messages of a personal nature on behalf of other persons is also permitted, provided no fees or other consideration is requested or accepted.

(4) Communications must not be encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning, except for control signals by the operators of remotely controlled amateur stations.

(5) Except as provided to the contrary in this notice, transmitter power output must not exceed 1000 watts peak envelope power (pX), as defined in ITU Radio Regulation 1.157.

(6) Amateur stations must, as far as is compatible with practical considerations, comply with the latest ITU-R recommendations to the extent applicable to the amateur service.