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

1 Name of Determination

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

2 Commencement

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

3 Amendment 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

2.7 Maritime 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

[6] Schedule 3, after Part 10

insert

Part 11 Automatic Identification System