17Conditions — responding to distress communications, urgency communications or safety communications, and record-keeping

17 Conditions – responding to distress communications, urgency communications or safety communications, and record-keeping

(1) If: (a) a person operates a maritime ship station; and (b) the station receives a distress communication, an urgency communication or a safety communication from another station (the transmitting station); and (c) the station does not immediately receive an acknowledgment of the communication from a radiocommunications transmitter other than the transmitting station; the person must ensure that: (d) an acknowledgment of the communication is sent to the person operating the transmitting station; and (e) the communication, or the content of the communication, is forwarded to: (i) if the communication names a Search and Rescue Authority or station – that authority or station; or (ii) otherwise – an appropriate Search and Rescue Authority or station to receive the communication; by the quickest and most effective means available. Creating a record of a communication (2) If subsection (1) applies in relation to a person operating a maritime ship station, the licensee of the maritime ship licence that authorises operation of the maritime ship station must, as soon as practicable after the communication was received, create a record of the following: (a) the date and time the communication was received; (b) the identity of the transmitting station, or the operator of the transmitting station (if known); (c) the frequency on which the communication was received; (d) the content of the communication; (e) the steps taken by the person to comply with subsection (1). Keeping a record of a communication (3) The licensee of a maritime ship licence must keep a record created in accordance with subsection (2) for a period of 2 years, commencing when the record was created. Compliance with subsections (2) and (3) (4) A licensee is taken to comply with a condition in subsection (2) or (3) if: (a) the licensee has authorised a person to operate a maritime ship station under section 114 of the Act; and (b) the person does an act; and (c) if the licensee had done the act, the licensee would have complied with the condition.