Notice Declaring the Minimum Age for the Issue of a Certificate of Proficiency (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia Gazette Notice, Minimum Age for the Issue of a Certificate of Proficiency

AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Communications Authority Act 1997

Radiocommunications Act 1992

NOTICE DECLARING THE MINIMUM AGE FOR THE ISSUE OF A CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY

The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) under section 9 of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997 and under subsection 122 (2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 (‘the Act’), revokes the notice titled ‘Notice Declaring Minimum Age’ gazetted on the 25 August 1999 and declares that the minimum age for the purposes of section 122 of the Act in relation to the class of certificate specified in an item in column 2 of the Schedule is the age specified in Column 3 of the item.

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item No.	Certificate of Proficiency	Minimum age in years
1	Marine Radio Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency	16
2	Marine Radio Operator’s VHF Certificate of Proficiency	16
3	Marine Satellite Communications Certificate of Endorsement	16
4	Restricted Radiotelephone Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency	16
5	GMDSS General Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency	18
6	GMDSS First-Class Radio Electronic Certificate	18
7	GMDSS Second-Class Radio Electronic Certificate	18

[NOTE: This Notice takes effect on 13 September 2000 the day that it was notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.]

Dated   7 September 2000

A. J. SHAW

Chair

R. HORTON

Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority