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Bob and others involved in Amateur radio and posession of transmitting
equipment please take a moment to refresh yourselves at the recent
subtle change in the radio regulations.<br>
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Radiocommunications Regulations 2001 (SR 2001/240) (as at 01 February
2008)<br>
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<p class="subprov" lang="en-NZ"><b><i>The supply of radio transmitters
is prohibited, except under a licence to supply radio transmitters.</i></b></p>
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>From teh above link you can check out the various regs in the MED
legislation.<br>
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I'm not going to bother everyone by cutting and pasting regs in a long
drawn out fashion to prove a point. You can read those at your leisure.<br>
But I will point out if you read the recent article released by the MED
about Mr Potter's conviction you may well notice the important
reference to current legislation in this statement by the MED:<br>
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***SNIP***<br>
"For the purposes of section 113, any person who erects, constructs,
establishes, maintains, <u><b>or is in possession of any radio
transmitter is
presumed to have used the radio transmitter</b></u>. In this case, Mr
Potter
was found in possession of radio transmitting equipment that was
capable of operating at a significantly higher power than the Amateur
Radio Operators General Licence allows"<br>
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So I strongly suggest you re think your stance on the sale of your
Yaesu 757 to UNLICENCED people on Trade Med or anwhere else for that
matter. You are breaking the law by selling to UNLICENCED amateurs and
you are presumed to have used it while its in your posession.<br>
If you are in posession of the apparatus you Bob are presumed to have
used it under current legislation. Whether you pressed the PTT button
or not.<br>
That includes Tait radios programmed to Police and Fire or any other
radio transmitter. The accused now has to prove they did not use the
radio for the court system NOT the MED to prove you did.<br>
A small change to the law that most people do not realise has been
passed a while ago in legislation.<br>
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Regards<br>
Steve Austin<br>
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