13Operation of station — purposes and transmissions

13 Operation of station – purposes and transmissions

(1) A person must not operate an amateur station otherwise than for an amateur purpose. (2) A person must not operate an amateur station: (a) to obtain financial gain or reward, or for the purpose of obtaining financial gain or reward; or (b) that is, or as, an amateur repeater station; or (c) that is, or as, an amateur beacon station; or (d) to transmit: (i) a message that enables any person to obtain financial gain or reward; or (ii) a message that is, or includes, an advertisement; or (iii) a message to an amateur station in another country, if the purpose of the transmission would be inconsistent with the table of frequency band allocations in the spectrum plan or a footnote to that table; or (iv) subject to subsection (3), a signal that is encoded, for the purpose of obscuring the meaning of the signal.

Note: A person may only operate an amateur repeater station or an amateur beacon station under a transmitter licence.

(3) A person does not contravene the condition in subparagraph (2)(d)(iv) if one or more of the following applies: (a) the signal is transmitted from the amateur station to a space station in an amateur-satellite service, for the purpose of controlling the operation of the space station; (b) the signal is transmitted from an amateur station to an unattended amateur station, for the purpose of controlling the operation of the unattended amateur station; (c) the signal is transmitted from an amateur station to another amateur station, for the purposes of an emergency services operation; (d) the signal is transmitted from an amateur station to another amateur station, for the purposes of a training exercise related to emergency services. (4) A person must not cause an amateur station to be operated without a person being at the location of the station, unless: (a) the station is operated using: (i) an automatic mode; or (ii) a computer controlled mode; and (b) the station is fitted with a timer that causes automatic shutdown of the station if a malfunction causes an unintended transmission that lasts longer than 10 minutes.