18Condition — repeater station

18 Condition – repeater station

(1) A person must not operate a repeater station to provide a maritime mobile service on a very high frequency to a maritime ship station at sea, otherwise than in accordance with this section. (2) The repeater station must be operated principally for communications for safety of ships and persons, and movement of ships. (3) The repeater station must be available for communication with maritime ship stations at any time and without restriction. (4) If physical access to the repeater station is difficult, the person must make available a device, which may be operated at another location, to terminate a transmission from the repeater station. (5) The repeater station must not transmit a signal if: (a) the station did not receive the signal; or (b) the transmission is likely to cause harmful interference to radiocommunications; or (c) the repeater station has malfunctioned. (6) The repeater station must not transmit a signal if the station is connected to a telecommunications network operated by a carrier or a carriage service provider. (7) The repeater station must not transmit signals continuously for longer than 1 minute. (8) A repeater station must not be operated on a frequency mentioned in column 1 of a table item in Schedule 6 to communicate with a maritime ship station unless: (a) authorised by a maritime coast licence (limited coast assigned system station); (b) direct ship-to-shore communication on other very high frequencies is not practicable; and (c) the repeater station is operated: (i) at a transmitter output power not exceeding 83 W EIRP; and (ii) using radiotelephony.