NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 52 — 18 MAY 2017

requirements of technical standard ETSI ETS 300 684 published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

9. The frequency ranges, maximum power of transmissions within those frequencies ranges, and designated uses of frequencies are those prescribed in this licence. All transmissions in a given frequency range must comply with any special conditions relating to that frequency range.

10. 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 licence changes frequency, reduces power, or ceases operation.

11. Except as provided to the contrary in this notice, maximum power in dBW is the peak envelope power (PX) of the radio transmitter, as defined in the International Radio Regulations Article 1, No. 1.157.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. Consequential revocation of licence

(1) The Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators) Notice 2016, dated 3 May 2016 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 5 May 2016, Issue No. 40, Notice No. 2016-go2479, is revoked.

(2) Notwithstanding the revocation of the notice under subsection (1), every transmitter capable of making transmissions 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.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of May 2017.

JEFFERY DENNIS HICKS, Manager, Radio Spectrum Management Licensing, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Explanatory note
This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This notice replaces the Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators) Notice 2016. The principal change from that notice is the update to the special condition in the band 7.1–7.2 MHz in accordance with the ITU Radio Regulations..

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