43Condition — provision of maritime mobile service in emergencies

43 Condition – provision of maritime mobile service in emergencies

(1) A person operating a limited coast marine rescue station must provide a maritime mobile service in emergencies to ships at sea, without discrimination and in accordance with this section. (2) For the purposes of complying with subsection (1), the person must operate the station to provide a listening watch on: (a) 156.8 MHz; and (b) either, or both, 2182 kHz and 27,880 kHz. (3) For the purposes of complying with subsection (1), the person must operate the station to transmit on: (a) both 156.375 MHz and 156.8 MHz; and (b) if the person provides a listening watch on 2182 kHz – both 2182 kHz and 2524 kHz; and (c) if the person provides a listening watch on 27,880 kHz – both 27,860 kHz and 27,880 kHz.