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a maritime coast licence authorising the holder to operate a major coast A station for communication with maritime mobile stations.

      maritime coast licence (major coast B station) means a maritime coast licence authorising the holder to operate:
         (a) major coast B stations for communication with maritime mobile stations; and
         (b) major coast B stations for communication, for public correspondence purposes only, with:
       (i) remotely located land stations;
       (ii) land mobile stations; and
       (iii) stations on aircraft that are not aircraft stations; and

         (c) stations of the following kinds for communication with major coast B stations or associated major coast receive stations, for public correspondence purposes only:
       (i) remotely located land stations;
       (ii) land mobile stations;
       (iii) stations on aircraft that are not aircraft stations.

      mobile unit means a ship, aircraft or other vehicle.

      non-commercial operations means maritime operations other than:
      (a) commercial operations; and
      (b) port operations; and
      (c) professional fishing operations.

      port operations means activities relating to the operational handling, movement and navigation of ships in, or near, a port.

      professional fishing operations, for a station operated under a licence, means the licensee's professional fishing activities.

      repeater station means a limited coast assigned system station established at a fixed location:
      (a) for the reception of radio signals from:
       (i) maritime ship stations; or
       (ii) limited coast non assigned stations; or
       (iii) limited coast marine rescue stations; and
      (b) for the automatic retransmission of those signals by radio.

      safety, in relation to a transmission, means the safety of navigation or providing an important meteorological warning.

      stand-by facility means a facility operating at or near the location of a station, with the same technical characteristics as the station, and which is only operated when the station is inoperable for any reason.

      telecommunications network has the meaning given by section 7 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

      urgency means that urgent attention to the safety of a mobile unit, or a person, is required.

      voice privacy device means a device that alters the voice signal of a message so that the message, as received by a station, is unintelligible unless a similar device is used to reverse the alteration.

      working means operating a maritime coast station to exchange messages with another station.

      Note: Unless the contrary intention appears, terms used in this Determination that are defined in the Act, the Radiocommunications Regulations 1993 (the Regulations) or in the Radiocommunications (Interpretation) Determination 2015 (Interpretation Determination) have the same meaning as in the Act, the Regulations or Interpretation Determination. Examples of terms used in this Determination that are defined in the Interpretation Determination include:
      • aids to navigation station (AtoN station)
      • aircraft station
      • Automatic Identification System (AIS)
      • GMDSS
      • harmful interference
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