13Conditions — identification of station

13 Conditions – identification of station

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person must not operate a major coast A station unless, at the start of each transmission, or of each series of transmissions, the person transmits: (a) the call sign for the station; or (b) the location or name of the station, followed by the word ‘radio’.

Note: A maritime coast licence will specify a call sign for the maritime coast station authorised to be operated under the licence.

(2) For paragraph (1)(b), the name of the station is: (a) if a name for the station is included in the Register – that name; or (b) otherwise – a name that clearly identifies the station. (3) If a major coast A station uses DSC, the person must transmit a maritime mobile service identity issued by AMSA as the form of identification.

Note 1: Licensees may apply for a maritime mobile service identity from AMSA. Information about maritime mobile service identities is available, free of charge, from AMSA’s website at www.amsa.gov.au.

Note 2: The availability of maritime mobile service identities is set out in the Radio Regulations. In performing its functions in relation to a maritime mobile service identity, AMSA will generally have regard to the Radio Regulations. The Radio Regulations are available, free of charge, from the website of the International Telecommunication Union at www.itu.int.

(4) A person must not, when complying with the condition in subsection (1), use a voice privacy device.