17Purpose of operation — non-commercial operations

17 Purpose of operation – non-commercial operations

(1) A person must not operate a maritime ship station for non-commercial operations otherwise than: (a) on a frequency mentioned in column 1 of a table item in Schedule 4; 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 only to communicate with a limited coast station or another maritime ship station with which the person is affiliated for the purposes of a specific event.

Note: Example: A yacht club may operate a maritime ship station for the purposes of a racing event organised by the yacht club.

(3) If a limitation specified in column 5 of a table item says this subsection applies, a person must operate a maritime ship station only to communicate with a station operated by a rescue organisation.

Note: The station operated by the rescue organisation may be on land or on water.