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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 divides AMRD into AMRD Group A and AMRD Group B. AMRD Group A is defined in that Recommendation to be AMRD that enhance the safety of navigation. The operation of man overboard (Class M) devices that are AMRD Group A may be authorised by the Radiocommunications (Emergency Locating Devices) Class Licence 2016, or another class licence that replaces that instrument. The Radiocommunications (Emergency Locating Devices) Class Licence 2016 is a legislative instrument and is available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au. Recommendation ITU-R M2135-1 is available, free of charge, from the International Telecommunication Union's website at www.itu.int.
      AMRD Group B means AMRD that do not enhance the safety of navigation (AMRD which deliver signals or information which do not concern the navigation of the vessel or do not complement vessel traffic safety in waterways).

           Note: The definition of AMRD Group B 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.
AMSA means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
Australian territorial sea means the sea within the limits of the territorial sea declared by the Governor-General under section 7 of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.
calling means operating a maritime ship station to establish contact with another station.
commercial operations means the activities of commercial vessels (other than professional fishing operations and port operations).
distress, in relation to a transmission, means that a mobile unit, or a person, is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requires immediate assistance.
DSC (also known as digital selective calling) means a digital system of communications used for the following purposes:
 (a) transmitting distress alerts from ships;
 (b) transmitting acknowledgments of distress alerts from shore stations;
 (c) relaying distress alerts;
 (d) transmitting alerts prior to the broadcast of urgency and safety messages.
Note: The transmission of a distress alert indicates that a ship is threatened by grave and imminent danger, and is requesting immediate assistance. A distress alert is a digital selective call, using a distress call format, that provides the identification of the station in distress and its position.
GMDSS certificate means a Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) certificate issued by AMSA under the Navigation Act 2012.
inshore boating radio service means a maritime mobile service between a limited coast station, and a maritime ship station operating in inshore waters or inland waterways.
inshore boating radio service organisation means an organisation formed for the purpose of using inshore boating radio services.
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