Radiocommunications Act 1989

Radio licences

111: Granting of radio licences

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"Getting a Licence to Send Radio Waves in New Zealand"

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When you want a radio licence, the Secretary can give you one. You can use this licence to send radio waves in New Zealand or from a New Zealand ship. The Secretary follows rules to decide who gets a licence. You can also get a licence to send radio waves from an aircraft registered in New Zealand. The licence will say what frequencies you can use and where you can send the radio waves. The Secretary decides what the licence looks like and how long it lasts. The licence will have conditions that you must follow, like complying with the rules in Schedule 1. The Secretary can also add other conditions to the licence. You must follow all the conditions to keep your licence. The Secretary can give you a licence to protect your radio waves from interference. This means you can send and receive radio waves without other signals getting in the way. The licence will help you use your radio safely and correctly.

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110: Part to apply to frequencies unless or until record of management rights registered and rights commence, or

"This part of the law applies to radio frequencies until management rights are registered"

112: Secretary to have regard to Government policy, or

"The Government guides the Secretary's decisions on radio licences."

Part 13Radio licences

111Granting of radio licences

For the purposes of this section, New Zealand ship includes—
any New Zealand ship within the meaning of the Crimes Act 1961; and
any vessel for the time being registered in New Zealand as a ship under the Ship Registration Act 1992.

The Secretary may, in accordance with regulations made under this Part, grant radio licences authorising the transmission of radio waves on the frequencies specified in the radio licence within the territorial limits of New Zealand, or from any New Zealand ship, or from any aircraft registered in New Zealand or providing protection from harmful interference from co-channel emissions.
In addition to the requirements of the regulations, every radio licence must be in such form and for such period, and contain such terms, conditions, and restrictions, as the Secretary thinks fit.
Every licence issued in accordance with regulations made under this Part includes a requirement that any person transmitting under that radio licence must comply with Schedule 1.

Notes

Section 111: substituted, on 12 October 2001, by section 37 of the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2000 (2000 No 8).