174Radio New Zealand Limited entitled to certain frequencies

1. This section applies to the frequencies used exclusively for the purposes of the operation of the following services:

2. the service known as the FM Concert Programme:
3. the service known as National Radio:
4. the service known as the AM Network:
5. the service known as 2YB.

6. Notwithstanding anything in sections 144 to 153, where, pursuant to section 10(2), a record of management rights is recorded in respect of any frequency to which this section applies, Radio New Zealand shall have the right to be granted, without payment, a spectrum licence pursuant to section 48(b) in relation to that frequency.

7. Every spectrum licence to which Radio New Zealand is entitled pursuant to subsection (2) in relation to any frequency shall have an expiry date that is the expiry date of the record of management rights to which the spectrum licence relates.

8. Where, but for this subsection, the expiry date of any record of management rights relating to any frequency in relation to which a spectrum licence is granted pursuant to subsection (2) is earlier than the expiry of the period of 20 years commencing on the date on which that record of management rights was recorded under section 10(2), the expiry date of that record of management rights shall be deemed to be the date of the expiry of the period of 20 years commencing on the date on which that record of management rights was recorded under that section, and the Registrar shall amend the register accordingly.

9. Nothing in subsection (2) exempts Radio New Zealand from liability for any fee payable, pursuant to any regulations made under section 135, in respect of any spectrum licence granted pursuant to that subsection.