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Certificate of Proficiency;
              (v) a Short Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency; or
         (b) a person holding qualifications recognised by the ACMA as equivalent qualifications for the station.
      (4) For this section, a station is operated under the supervision of a person if the person is at the station when it is operated.

7.12 Repeater stations — maritime ship station at sea

      (1) This section applies if a licensee of a limited coast marine rescue station is authorised, under a maritime coast licence (limited coast assigned system station), to operate a repeater station to provide a maritime mobile service on a VHF frequency to a maritime ship station at sea.
      (2) The repeater station must be operated principally for communications for safety of ships and persons, and movement of ships.
      (3) The licensee may operate a station on a frequency mentioned in column 2 of an item in Schedule 8 to communicate with a maritime ship station, using a repeater station for the communication, only if:
         (a) direct ship-to-shore communication on other VHF carrier frequencies is not practicable; and
      (b) the licensee operates the repeater station:
              (i) using a transmitter output power not more than the power mentioned in column 3 of the item;
              (ii) for the safety of ships and persons, or for dealing with the movement of ships; and
              (iii) using radiotelephony.
      (4) The repeater station must be available for communication with maritime ship stations at any time and without restriction.
      (5) If physical access to the repeater station is difficult, the licensee must make available a device, which may be operated at another location, to terminate a transmission from the repeater station.
      (6) The repeater station must not transmit a signal if:
      (a) the repeater station did not receive the signal;
         (b) the transmission is likely to cause harmful interference to radiocommunications; or
      (c) the repeater station has malfunctioned.
      (7) The repeater station must not transmit a signal if the station is connected to a telecommunications network operated by a carrier or carriage service provider.
      (8) The repeater station must not transmit signals continually for longer than 1 minute.

7.13 Stand-by facility

      If a licensee of a limited coast marine rescue station is authorised to operate a stand-by facility for the station, the facility must be operated only:
      (a) under the licensee's supervision; and
      (b) when the limited coast marine rescue station is not in working order.

7.14 Operating requirements

      (1) The licensee of a limited coast marine rescue station must provide maritime mobile services in emergencies to ships at sea without discrimination and in accordance with this section.
      (2) The licensee must use the station to provide a listening watch on:
      (a) the carrier frequency 156.800 MHz;