Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Maritime Ship Licence) Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 1) (Cth)

Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Maritime Ship Licence) Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 1)

The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY makes this Determination under paragraph 107 (1) (f) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992.

Dated 19 May 2004

R HORTON Chair

A HORSLEY Deputy Chair

Australian Communications Authority

1Name of Determination

This Determination is the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Maritime Ship Licence) Amendment Determination 2004 (No. 1).

2Commencement

This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3Amendment of Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Maritime Ship Licence) Determination 2002

Schedule 1 amends the Radiocommunications Licence Conditions (Maritime Ship Licence) Determination 2002.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Subsection 1.4 (1), before definition of AMSA

insert

AIS (also known as Automatic Identification System) means an automatic ship identification and surveillance system that generates digital messages sent from ship stations on AIS frequencies to provide identification, position and heading information to other ships or coast stations.

[2] After section 2.6

insert

2.7Maritime ship stations and AIS frequencies

A person must operate a maritime ship station on the following frequencies only in accordance with Part 11 of Schedule 3.

(a)161.975 MHz;

(b)162.025 MHz.

[3] Schedule 3, Part 3, item 355

omit

[4] Schedule 3, Part 3, item 357

omit

[5] Schedule 3, Part 7, after item 712

insert

713	157.375 MHz (87)	25 watts pY	LCS	Calling and working
714	157.425 MHz (88)	25 watts pY	LCS	Calling and working

[6] Schedule 3, after Part 10

insert

Part 11 Automatic Identification System

Item	Carrier frequency (Channel number)	Maximum transmitter output power	Purpose
1101	161.975 MHz (AIS 1)	25 watts pY	AIS
1102	162.025 MHz (AIS 2)	25 watts pY	AIS