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a maritime ship station is to be operated outside Australia on a frequency specified in the Manual for use by the Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Services, published by the ITU and as existing from time to time, the licensee must only operate the station to communicate with one of the following stations:
 (a) a coast station operated in another country;
 (b) a coast earth station operated in another country;
 (c) a ship earth station;
 (d) a ship station.
 Note: The Manual for use by the Maritime Mobile and Maritime Mobile-Satellite Services is available at: www.itu.int.
2.6 Identification of stations
  At the start of each transmission or series of transmissions, the licensee of a maritime ship station must transmit:
 (a) the call sign allocated by the ACMA; or
 (b) another form of identity that clearly identifies the station; or
 (c) for a station using DSC or AIS facilities — the maritime mobile service identity allocated by AMSA.
2.7 Maritime ship stations — AIS
  A person must operate a maritime ship station for Automatic Identification System (AIS) purposes only:
         (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 11 of Schedule 2; and
         (b) using a transmitter output power not exceeding the power mentioned in column 3 of the item; and
         (c) for a purpose mentioned in column 4 of the item.

      2.8 Maritime ship stations — VDES communications

      A person must operate a maritime ship station for VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) communications only:
         (a) subject to clause 12.1 of Part 12 of Schedule 2 on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 12 of Schedule 2; and
         (b) using a transmitter output power not exceeding the power mentioned in column 3 of the item.

      2.9 Maritime ship stations — ASM

      A person must operate a maritime ship station for Application Specific Messages (ASM) purposes only:
         (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Part 13 of Schedule 2; and
         (b) using a transmitter output power not exceeding the power mentioned in column 3 of the item.

Part 3 Additional conditions for the operation of ship stations Class B non assigned
3.1 Application of Part 3
 (1) For paragraph 107(1)(f) of the Act, the operation, under a licence, of a ship station Class B non assigned is subject to the conditions in this Part.
 (2) The conditions in this Part are additional to the conditions in Part 2.
3.2 Permitted communications
  A licensee must operate a ship station Class B non assigned only:
 (a) for any of the following operations or activities:
 (i) distress, urgency, safety or calling;
 (ii) public correspondence;
 (iii) commercial operations;
 (iv) non-commercial operations;
 (v)