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coast station that includes VHF international maritime mobile service equipment must comply with the requirements of the standard mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule 1 that was in force and applied to the station at the time the station was manufactured in Australia or imported.

               Part 3 Additional conditions for the operation of major coast A stations

3.1 Application of Part 3

      (1) For paragraph 107(1)(f) of the Act, the operation, under a licence, of a major coast A station is subject to the conditions in this Part.
      (2) The conditions in this Part are additional to the conditions in Part 2.

3.2 Technical requirements — MF or HF IMM service equipment

      A major coast A station that includes MF or HF international maritime mobile service equipment must comply with the requirements of the edition of a document mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 1 that:

      (a) applies to the station;
         (b) was last published before the station was manufactured in Australia or imported; and
      (c) was in force at the time of manufacture or importation.

3.3 Services that may be provided to maritime ship stations

      A licensee of a maritime coast licence (major coast A station) must not provide a service to a maritime ship station unless the service is:

         (a) communications to help carry out search and rescue operations conducted by AMSA or a body that has similar functions;
         (b) a weather forecast (with or without warnings) for coastal waters and high seas areas;
      (c) a navigation warning;
         (d) a continuous listening watch on international distress frequencies for distress, urgency and safety signals; or
      (e) public correspondence.

3.4 Operator's qualifications

      (1) A person who operates a major coast A station must hold at least 1 of the following certificates:
      (a) a General Operator's Certificate for GMDSS, issued by the ACMA;
         (b) a GMDSS First-class Radio Electronic Certificate issued by AMSA under the Navigation Act 2012;
         (c) a GMDSS Second-class Radio Electronic Certificate issued by AMSA under the Navigation Act 2012;
         (d) a General Operator's Certificate for GMDSS issued by AMSA under the Navigation Act 2012; or
         (e) a General Operator's Certificate for GMDSS recognised by AMSA, or a Commonwealth body that has functions similar to those of AMSA, as being an equivalent qualification for major coast stations.
      (2) The person must also have any other qualifications, training or experience required by AMSA, or a Commonwealth body that has functions similar to those of AMSA, for the operation of a major coast A station.

3.5 Call signs

      (1) At the start of each transmission or series of transmissions, the licensee of a major coast A station must transmit:
      (a) the call sign allocated to it by the ACMA;
      (b)