Schedule 4 – Variations

(section 7)

Radiocommunications (Maritime Ship Station – 27 MHz and VHF) Class Licence 2015 [F2018L01619]

1 Subsection 4(1), after the definition of Act

Insert:

AMSA means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.

2 Subsection 4(1) (definition of VHF maritime frequencies)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

VHF maritime frequencies means the frequency range 156.000 MHz to 162.050 MHz, but does not include the segments within this frequency range that are allocated to the land mobile service in accordance with Table 2 of the Radiocommunications Assignment and Licensing Instruction (RALI) MS 42, Frequency Plan for the VHF Bands 70 \- 87.5 MHz and 148 \- 174 MHz, published by the ACMA, as existing from time to time.
Note: RALI MS 42 is available on the ACMA website at [www.acma.gov.au](http://www.acma.gov.au).
3 Subsection 4(2) (notes at the end)

Repeal the notes, substitute:

Note 1 For references to Commonwealth Acts, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act

Note: 1901; and see also subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003 for the application of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments.

Note 2 All Commonwealth Acts and legislative instruments are available on the Federal Register of Legislation website at [www.legislation.gov.au](http://www.legislation.gov.au).

Note 3: For paragraph (b), see section 314A of the Act.

4 Paragraph 8(2)(g)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

(g) qualifications recognised by:
(i) AMSA as being equivalent to the qualification mentioned in paragraph (a); or
(ii) the ACMA as being equivalent to any of the qualifications mentioned in paragraphs (b) to (f).
5 Subsection 8(3), after note 2

Insert:

Note 3 Equivalent qualifications and licences recognised by the ACMA and AMSA are listed in the Tables of Equivalent Qualifications and Licences, as existing from time to time, available on the ACMA website at www.acma.gov.au.
6 Subsection 9(2)

After “in the version current from time to time”, omit “of the”, substitute “of its”.

7 Section 19

Repeal the section, substitute:

19 Maritime ship stations — AIS

A person must operate a maritime ship station for Automatic Identification System (AIS) purposes only: