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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 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 established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.
      ARPANSA Standard means the Radiation Protection Standard for Limiting Exposure to Radiofrequency Fields – 100 kHz to 300 GHz (2021), or any standard published as a replacement of that standard, by the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency.
           Note: The ARPANSA Standard is available from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency website at www.arpansa.gov.au.
Australian ship means a ship that:
        (a)    has an Australian nationality within the meaning of the Shipping Registration Act 1981, and
        (b)   is not a regulated Australian vessel within the meaning given by section 15 of the Navigation Act 2012.
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.
Australian Waters Qualification means a qualification:
        (a)   for marine radio use, utilising VHF, within the Australian territorial sea and inland waterways; and
        (b)   being a part of the Maritime Training Package administered by the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council.
Note  Information about the Maritime Training Package can be accessed on the website of the Transport and Logistics Industry Skills Council at http://tlisc.org.au/.
calling means, in relation to a maritime ship station, operating the station to establish contact with another station.
commercial operations means the activities of commercial ships (other than professional fishing operations and