Radiocommunications (Minimum Age for Issue of Certificates of Proficiency) Declaration 2015 Radiocommunications Act 1992 The AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY makes this Declaration under section 122 of the Radiocommunications Act 1992. Dated: 10th August 2015 Chris Chapman [signed] Member Richard Bean [signed] Member/General Manager Australian Communications and Media Authority 1 Name of Declaration This Declaration is the Radiocommunications (Minimum Age for Issue of Certificates of Proficiency) Declaration 2015. 2 Commencement This Declaration commences on the later of: (a) the date on which it is published in the Gazette; (b) the day after it is registered. Note 1 All legislative instruments must be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments required to be maintained under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.comlaw.gov.au. Note 2 Both of these events must occur before this Declaration commences. 3 Revocation The Notice Declaring the Minimum Age for Issue of a Certificate of Proficiency [F2005B00145] is revoked. 4 Definitions In this Declaration, unless the contrary intention appears: Act means the Radiocommunications Act 1992. GMDSS means Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. Note The following term used in this Declaration has the same meaning as in the Act: * certificate of proficiency 5 Minimum Age For the purposes of section 122 of the Act, the minimum age for issue of a certificate of proficiency of a class specified in column 2 of Table 1 is the age specified in the corresponding column 3 of Table 1. Table 1 Minimum Age Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item No. Certificate of Proficiency Minimum Age in Years 1 GMDSS First-Class Radio Electronic Certificate 18 2 GMDSS General Operator's Certificate of Proficiency 18 3 GMDSS Second-Class Radio Electronic Certificate 18 4 Long Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency 16 5 Marine Satellite Communications Endorsement 16 6 Short Range Operator Certificate of Proficiency 16