Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Maritime UHF On-Board Communications) Notice 2016

Pursuant to section 111 of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 and Regulation 9 of the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001, and acting under delegated authority from the chief executive, I give the following notice.

Notice

1. Short title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Maritime UHF On-Board Communications) Notice 2016.

(2) This notice comes into force on 13 October 2016.

2. Licence

(1) Licence Name: General User Radio Licence for Maritime UHF On-Board Communications.
(2) Licence: Any person may transmit radio waves on specified ultra-high frequencies (UHF) for the purposes of maritime on-board communications, in accordance with the applicable terms, conditions and restrictions of this notice.
(3) Licence number: 255207
(4) Commencement date: 13 October 2016.

3. Spectrum

Channel

Low (MHz)

High (MHz)

Reference Frequency (MHz)

Maximum Power dBW e.i.r.p.

Emission

MSR102

457.512500

457.518750

457.515625

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR111

457.518750

457.525000

457.521875

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR112

457.525000

457.531250

457.528125

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR121

457.531250

457.537500

457.534375

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR122

457.537500

457.543750

457.540625

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR131

457.543750

457.550000

457.546875

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR132

457.55000

457.556250

457.553125

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR141

457.556250

457.562500

457.559375

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR142

457.562500

457.568750

457.565625

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR151

457.568750

457.575000

457.571875

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR152

457.575000

457.581250

457.578125

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR161

457.581250

457.587500

457.584375

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR202

467.512500

467.518750

467.515625

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR211

467.518750

467.525000

467.521875

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR212

467.525000

467.531250

467.528125

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR221

467.531250

467.537500

467.534375

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR222

467.537500

467.543750

467.540625

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR231

467.543750

467.550000

467.546875

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR232

467.550000

467.556250

467.553125

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR241

467.556250

467.562500

467.559375

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR242

467.562500

467.568750

467.565625

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR251

467.568750

467.575000

467.571875

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR252

467.575000

467.581250

467.578125

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR261

467.581250

467.587500

467.584375

3.0

4K00F1W

MSR11

457.518750

457.531250

457.525000

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR12

457.531250

457.543750

457.537500

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR13

457.543750

457.556250

457.550000

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR14

457.556250

457.568750

457.562500

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR15

457.568750

457.581250

457.575000

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR21

467.518750

467.531250

467.525000

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR22

467.531250

467.543750

467.537500

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR23

467.543750

467.556250

467.550000

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR24

467.556250

467.568750

467.562500

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR25

467.568750

467.581250

467.575000

3.0

10K1F3E, 7K60F1W

MSR1

457.512500

457.537500

457.525000

3.0

16K0F3E

MSR2

457.537500

457.562500

457.550000

3.0

16K0F3E

MSR3

457.562500

457.587500

457.575000

3.0

16K0F3E

MSR4

467.512500

467.537500

467.525000

3.0

16K0F3E

MSR5

467.537500

467.562500

467.550000

3.0

16K0F3E

MSR6

467.562500

467.587500

467.575000

3.0

16K0F3E


4. Location

(1) Transmit Location: All New Zealand.
(2) Receive Location: All New Zealand.

5. General conditions applying to all transmissions under this licence

  1. In accordance with Article 5.287 of the International Radio Regulations (IRR) published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), transmissions are limited to maritime mobile service for on-board communications.
  2. Equipment must comply with Recommendation ITU-R M1174-3 published by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
  3. Frequency use is on a shared basis and the chief executive does not accept liability under any circumstances for any loss or damage of any kind occasioned by the unavailability of frequencies or interference to reception.
  4. These frequencies are also used by land mobile services. On-board maritime communications should be avoided when vessels are within the pilotage areas defined in the Schedule to Part 90 of the Maritime Rules published by Maritime New Zealand, or within a radius of WGS84 co-ordinates:
    1. 70 nautical miles from 174°46′E 36°50′S (Auckland).
    2. 76 nautical miles from 172°49′E 43°33′S (Christchurch).
  5. Should interference occur to services licensed pursuant to a radio licence or a spectrum licence, the chief executive reserves the right to require and ensure that any transmission or any emission pursuant to this General User Radio Licence change frequency, reduce power, or cease operation.

6. Consequential revocation of licence—(1) The Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Maritime UHF On-Board Communications) Notice 2011, dated 2 May 2011 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 5 May 2011, No. 59, page 1372, is revoked.

(2) Notwithstanding the revocation of the notice under subsection (1), every transmitter capable of making transmissions compliant with the requirements of that notice on the commencement date of this notice is deemed to be compliant with the requirements of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October 2016.

JEFFERY DENNIS HICKS, Manager, Radio Spectrum Management Licencing, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice provides additional channels for on-board maritime UHF communications as reflected in the changes to the International Radio Regulations, as a result of decisions made at the 2015 World Radio Conference. This enables 6.25 kHz and 12.5 kHz channels for use on-board vessels.