14Purpose of operation — distress communications, urgency communications, safety communications, or calling

14 Purpose of operation – distress communications, urgency communications, safety communications, or calling

(1) A person must not operate a maritime ship station for distress communications, urgency communications, safety communications, or calling, otherwise than: (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 1 of a table item in Schedule 1; and (b) at a transmitter output power not exceeding the power mentioned in column 2 of that table item; and (c) to communicate with a station mentioned in column 3 of the table item; and (d) for any purpose mentioned in column 4 of the table item; and (e) in accordance with any limitations specified in column 5 of the table item. (2) If a limitation specified in column 5 of a table item says this subsection applies, a person must operate a maritime ship station on a frequency mentioned in column 1 of that table item only if direct ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore communications on other frequencies are not practicable.