Stork_III
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Have just recieved email from Ofcom, with latest statement on Ships radio licenses.
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Lifetime Ships' radio licensing
1.1 Subsequent to a consultation on a proposal to reform ship radio licensing in February 2005, Ofcom issued a Policy statement on 8 December 2005 outlining among other things, the changes we intend to make to Ship Radio Licences and Ship Portable Radio Licences (the “licences”).
1.2 This document contains the revised licences for information purposes.
1.3 Ofcom plans to introduce these new licences on 1 October 2006(-1-).
1.4 Ofcom will send by post these new licences, 6 weeks before the date when the old licences are due to expire but only to those licensees whose old licences expire on or after 1 October 2006(-1-). Any licences which expire before this date must be renewed with the RLC and will not be replaced with the new licence at that time.
Section 2 - Background
Reform of Ships’ radio licensing
2.1 The Ships’ Radio Licensing Policy statement was published on 8 December 2005 . The Policy statement set out a number of changes that would be introduced to reform ships’ radio licensing:
To issue ‘lifetime’ ship radio licences which shall remain valid for as long as the licence details remain correct or until such time as the licence is either revoked by Ofcom or surrendered by the licensee. There shall be no end date on a ship radio licence. Such licences shall be personal to the licensee (whether individual or corporate) and will not be transferable (for example upon the sale of the vessel).
To issue ‘lifetime’ ship portable radio licences which shall remain valid for as long as the licence details remain correct or until such time as the licence is either revoked by Ofcom or surrendered by the licensee. There shall be no end date on a ship portable radio licence. Such licences shall be personal to the licensee (whether individual or corporate) and will not be transferable (for example upon the sale of the ships’ portable radio equipment).
To provide an online, web-based, self-service licensing service as an alternative to the postal service;
To issue electronic licences (probably PDF® documents) to users of the online, web-based, self-service licensing service free of charge. The licensee would then print a hard copy of the licence which must be kept on board the vessel;
To continue to make paper licences available (but subject to an administrative charge);
To modify the original proposal by requiring licensees to confirm their licence details at least once every ten years in order to maintain their lifetime licence;
To dispense with the licence disc.
2.2 It is necessary to make some amendments to the form of the licences in order to implement these changes.
2.3 Currently, the combination of the licence validation document together with the Licence Terms Booklet forms the licence.
2.4 In order to simplify the licence and the licensing process, the separate validation document and the Licence Terms Booklet will be replaced with a single licence document.
2.5 To further simplify the licensing process, a single template has been produced for the licences, with separate schedules containing the terms that specifically relate to either a Ship Radio or a Ship Portable Radio.
Improving clarity of the licences
2.6 We have taken the opportunity to review the terms of the licences to ensure that they are consistent with the current legal and regulatory requirements.
2.7 This review has incorporated the relevant elements described in 2.1 above such as the need for confirming licence details every ten years and dispensing with the requirement for the display of the licence disc.
2.8 We have also taken the opportunity to clarify elements of the licence such as the requirements in respect of the operator certificate, and have also aligned the frequency schedules to align with the ITU designations. A further clarification has been made in respect of the Ship Portable Radio licence only applying in UK territorial waters.
2.9 The format of the licence is given in Section 3 of the full document available below:
Footnotes:
1.- This date may be subject to change "
To quote "
Lifetime Ships' radio licensing
1.1 Subsequent to a consultation on a proposal to reform ship radio licensing in February 2005, Ofcom issued a Policy statement on 8 December 2005 outlining among other things, the changes we intend to make to Ship Radio Licences and Ship Portable Radio Licences (the “licences”).
1.2 This document contains the revised licences for information purposes.
1.3 Ofcom plans to introduce these new licences on 1 October 2006(-1-).
1.4 Ofcom will send by post these new licences, 6 weeks before the date when the old licences are due to expire but only to those licensees whose old licences expire on or after 1 October 2006(-1-). Any licences which expire before this date must be renewed with the RLC and will not be replaced with the new licence at that time.
Section 2 - Background
Reform of Ships’ radio licensing
2.1 The Ships’ Radio Licensing Policy statement was published on 8 December 2005 . The Policy statement set out a number of changes that would be introduced to reform ships’ radio licensing:
To issue ‘lifetime’ ship radio licences which shall remain valid for as long as the licence details remain correct or until such time as the licence is either revoked by Ofcom or surrendered by the licensee. There shall be no end date on a ship radio licence. Such licences shall be personal to the licensee (whether individual or corporate) and will not be transferable (for example upon the sale of the vessel).
To issue ‘lifetime’ ship portable radio licences which shall remain valid for as long as the licence details remain correct or until such time as the licence is either revoked by Ofcom or surrendered by the licensee. There shall be no end date on a ship portable radio licence. Such licences shall be personal to the licensee (whether individual or corporate) and will not be transferable (for example upon the sale of the ships’ portable radio equipment).
To provide an online, web-based, self-service licensing service as an alternative to the postal service;
To issue electronic licences (probably PDF® documents) to users of the online, web-based, self-service licensing service free of charge. The licensee would then print a hard copy of the licence which must be kept on board the vessel;
To continue to make paper licences available (but subject to an administrative charge);
To modify the original proposal by requiring licensees to confirm their licence details at least once every ten years in order to maintain their lifetime licence;
To dispense with the licence disc.
2.2 It is necessary to make some amendments to the form of the licences in order to implement these changes.
2.3 Currently, the combination of the licence validation document together with the Licence Terms Booklet forms the licence.
2.4 In order to simplify the licence and the licensing process, the separate validation document and the Licence Terms Booklet will be replaced with a single licence document.
2.5 To further simplify the licensing process, a single template has been produced for the licences, with separate schedules containing the terms that specifically relate to either a Ship Radio or a Ship Portable Radio.
Improving clarity of the licences
2.6 We have taken the opportunity to review the terms of the licences to ensure that they are consistent with the current legal and regulatory requirements.
2.7 This review has incorporated the relevant elements described in 2.1 above such as the need for confirming licence details every ten years and dispensing with the requirement for the display of the licence disc.
2.8 We have also taken the opportunity to clarify elements of the licence such as the requirements in respect of the operator certificate, and have also aligned the frequency schedules to align with the ITU designations. A further clarification has been made in respect of the Ship Portable Radio licence only applying in UK territorial waters.
2.9 The format of the licence is given in Section 3 of the full document available below:
Footnotes:
1.- This date may be subject to change "
