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Radiocommunications (Maritime Ship Station — 27 MHz and VHF) Class Licence 2015

made under section 132 of the
Radiocommunications Act 1992

Compilation No. 5

Compilation date:    26 March 2024

                      Includes amendments up to: F2024L00371

Prepared by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, Melbourne

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Radiocommunications (Maritime Ship Station — 27 MHz and VHF) Class Licence 2015 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 26 March 2024 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

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Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Class Licence
  This Class Licence is the Radiocommunications (Maritime Ship Station — 27 MHz and VHF) Class Licence 2015.
4 Definitions
      (1)   In this Class Licence:
27 MHz maritime frequencies has the meaning given in Schedule 1 to the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2015.
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992.
AMRD (short for autonomous maritime radio device) means a station in the maritime mobile service which is mobile, operates at sea and transmits independently of a maritime ship station or a maritime coast station, which may also be temporarily moored.
              Note 1: The definition of AMRD is taken from the International Telecommunication Union's Radiocommunication Sector's Recommendation ITU-R M.2135-1. Recommendation ITU-R M2135-1 is available, free of charge, from the International Telecommunication Union's website at www.itu.int.
              Note 2: The International Telecommunication Union's Radiocommunication Sector's Recommendation ITU-R M.2135-1