Amateur Station Licence
Amateur Station Licence
35.—(1)  The Authority may grant the following classes of Amateur Station Licence to qualified or approved persons interested in the operation of radio-communication equipment solely for pleasure and for the furtherance of radio-communication techniques and not for pecuniary gain:
(a)General Class;
(b)Restricted Class; and
(c)any other class of licence which the Authority considers appropriate.
(2)  An Amateur Station Licence may only be granted to a natural person and shall not authorise the use of radio-communication equipment by the licensee’s employees.
Age restrictions
36.—(1)  An Amateur Station Licence shall not be granted to a person under the age of 16 years.
(2)  Any application for an Amateur Station Licence by an applicant under the age of 21 years shall be countersigned by the applicant’s parent, guardian or by any other person approved by the Authority.
(3)  An Amateur Station licensee between the ages of 16 and 21 years may only operate or use any Amateur Station if supervised by a qualified person approved by the Authority and who has agreed to supervise the licensee, and that qualified person shall ensure that the licensee observes and complies with all duties and obligations specified in the licence and in these Regulations.
Qualifications
37.—(1)  An applicant for an Amateur Station Licence shall, unless exempted by the Authority, have passed the Radio Amateur Examination set by the Authority or be in possession of an Amateur Radio Certificate acceptable to the Authority.
(2)  The fee payable to sit for the Radio Amateur Examination referred to in paragraph (1) is set out in the Third Schedule.
Conditions
38.  An Amateur Station licensee shall observe the following conditions:
(a)the station shall only be operated at locations approved by the Authority;
(b)the station shall in all cases be operated by the licensee or by persons named in the licence;
(c)the station and all equipment used or intended to be used by the licensee shall be erected, fixed, placed and used, so as not to interfere with the efficient and convenient working of other authorised stations;
(d)the licensee shall identify himself by the transmission of the callsign assigned to him by the Authority at the beginning and end of each transmission;
(e)any change in the approved location, equipment, mast or antenna system must be approved by the Authority prior to the change being made;
(f)the licensee shall obtain the approval of all relevant authorities before erecting any mast or antenna to be used in connection with the operation of the station; and
(g)the licensee shall keep a running record of all transmission periods showing the date and time of each period of transmission and the frequency and type of emission employed, and shall preserve the record of each entry made for one year and shall make this record available for inspection at all reasonable times by an authorised officer.
Prohibition on use of encryption devices
39.  An Amateur Station licensee may not make use of encryption devices or equipment in the operation or use of any station.
Restrictions on transmission
40.—(1)  Messages transmitted through an Amateur Station shall be in plain language and shall relate solely to the licensee’s experiments or personal affairs (not being business affairs), or to the personal affairs of the person with whom the licensee is communicating.
(2)  An Amateur Station shall not be used for transmitting news, advertisements, communications of a business or non-experimental character, messages for pecuniary reward or messages for or on behalf of a third party.
(3)  Except with the written permission of the Authority, no licensee of an Amateur Station shall call or transmit to any station other than an Amateur Station; and messages may only be exchanged with another Amateur Station, except where prohibited by law.
(4)  Transmission shall not commence without listening in on the frequency to be used in order to ascertain that no interference is likely to be caused to any other station which may be functioning.
Power of Authority to order transmission
41.  The Authority may, in exceptional circumstances, by notice in writing, require the licensee to transmit any message by means of his licensed Amateur Station.
Portable stations
42.  The Authority may approve an Amateur Station as a portable or mobile station, subject to such conditions as the Authority may impose.