“online service means a service provided by, or on behalf of, the chief executive that allows payment of the fees under these regulations to be made by means of an Internet site”.

• “(ba) the location, locations, area, or areas where transmissions of radio waves are authorised; and”.

“9 Grant of general user radio licence

• “(1) The chief executive may, from time to time, grant a general user radio licence of a particular class, being a category and type of radiocommunication service.

  “(2) The chief executive must make a copy of the radio licence available on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the chief executive.

  “(3) The chief executive must publish a notice of the grant of the radio licence in the Gazette within 10 working days after the date of the grant.

  “(4) The notice must specify (at a minimum)—

  • “(a) the frequencies or range of frequencies to which the licence applies; and

  • “(b) the commencement date of the licence; and

  • “(c) the class of licence; and

  • “(d) the address of the Internet site on which the full general user radio licence is made available under subclause (2).

  “(5) General user radio licences grant every person the right to transmit radio waves on any frequency specified in the licence.”

“11 Validity of licences

• A radio licence or a general user radio licence is valid—

  • “(a) from the commencement date of the licence; and

  • “(b) until the earlier of—

    • “(i) the date the licence is revoked by the chief executive; and

    • “(ii) the expiry date (if any) specified in the licence.”

“Spectrum licences

“15I Contents of spectrum licences

• Every spectrum licence granted under section 48(1)(a) or (b) of the Act must specify the location, locations, area, or areas where transmissions are authorised under the licence.”

• “(i) prohibit the installation, use, sale, distribution, manufacture, or importation of specified interfering equipment or susceptible equipment or classes of interfering equipment or susceptible equipment:”.

“34 Monitoring of compliance

• The chief executive may, at any time, by notice in writing, require any person installing, using, selling, distributing, manufacturing, or importing interfering equipment or susceptible equipment to submit samples of the equipment, or test reports, technical construction files, or other associated documentation to the chief executive for the purpose of demonstrating that—

  • “(a) one of the following applies:

    • “(i) the equipment complies with a standard or code prescribed in a notice under these regulations:

    • “(ii) if no standard or code is prescribed, reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that the equipment is constructed and operated in a manner that minimises harmful interference that is generated by the equipment, or minimises the susceptibility of the equipment; and

  • “(b) any additional conditions imposed under regulation 33 are being complied with.”

• “(2) The chief executive may, by notice in writing, require a person operating interfering equipment to cease operating the equipment or to modify the operation of the equipment if—

  • “(a) the chief executive is satisfied that a radiocommunication receiver is suffering harmful interference from the interfering equipment; and

  • “(b) no minimum field strength has been prescribed under subclause (1) because it is not possible to determine a suitable minimum field strength.”

• “(d) makes a false declaration of conformity; or

• “(e) incorrectly labels, or otherwise falsely represents, interfering equipment or susceptible equipment as complying with these regulations; or

• “(ea) fails to label interfering equipment or susceptible equipment as required by or under these regulations; or”.

• “(3) The chief executive may waive, in whole or in part, the payment of any fee for a radio licence or spectrum licence if the service to which the fee relates is in response to a state of emergency declared under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002.”

• “(a) one of the following:

  • “(i) a radio licence or authority issued for that radio transmitter by or on behalf of a member state of the International Telecommunication Union:

  • “(ii) a radio licence, a general user radio licence, or an exemption granted by the chief executive under these regulations:

  • “(iii) a spectrum licence registered in accordance with Part 3 of the Act; and”.

• “(da) maritime VHF operator’s certificate:”.

“4 General amateur operator's certificate

• “(1) To qualify for a general amateur operator's certificate for operation on all scheduled amateur frequencies, a candidate must pass either—

  • “(a) a written examination of the kind described in subclause (2) that is approved for the purpose by the chief executive; or

  • “(b) an examination of the kind described in subclause (3) that is recognised for the purpose by the chief executive.

  “(2) A written examination of the kind referred to in subclause (1)(a) must demonstrate a theoretical knowledge of—

  • “(a) the legal framework of New Zealand radiocommunications, including—

    • “(i) the International Radio Regulations; and

    • “(ii) the Act; and

    • “(iii) these regulations; and

    • “(iv) the New Zealand amateur radio licence conditions and frequency allocations; and

  • “(b) the methods of radiocommunication, including radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, and data and image; and

  • “(c) radio system theory, including theory relating to transmitters, receivers, antennas and propagation, and measurements; and

  • “(d) electromagnetic radiation; and

  • “(e) electromagnetic compatibility; and

  • “(f) avoidance and resolution of radio frequency interference.

  “(3) An examination of the kind referred to in subclause (1)(b) must meet the requirements for a Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate that are prescribed in Annex 6 to the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Recommendation T/R 61-02 revised in Vilnius on 12 February 2004.

“4A Maritime VHF operator’s certificate

• To qualify for a maritime VHF operator’s certificate, a candidate must pass an examination approved by the chief executive for the purpose that demonstrates knowledge of—

  • “(a) the regulatory framework relating to maritime radiocommunications:

  • “(b) the principles and basic operation of maritime radiocommunications:

  • “(c) the typical configurations and features of maritime VHF installations:

  • “(d) basic safety operating procedures and operating procedures for distress and emergency situations:

  • “(e) the purpose and basic operation of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs).”

• “3 Date on which the transfer of management rights will take effect [which should not be more than 1 month after the date of the notice]:”.

“Date on which manager would like the management rights to be aggregated:

“(Note: this date is not guaranteed)”.

• “(b) the maximum permitted interfering signal or signals that apply to the protection location or locations or the protection area are [specify in dBuV/m] [specify the reference bandwidth* on which the signals are based if the reference bandwidth is not the bandwidth specified in paragraph 5(b)].

  (*Note: The reference bandwidth must be the bandwidth specified in paragraph 5(b) or a bandwidth specified as a condition in paragraph 9.)”.

“Date on which the transfer of spectrum licences will take effect [which should not be more than 1 month after the date of the notice]:”.