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From April 28 (Thu) to May 27 (Fri), 2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will conduct an appeal for opinions on its ministerial ordinance plans, etc. for partial revision of Radio Law Enforcement Regulations (1950 Radio Regulatory Council Regulation No. 14) accompanying the revision of radio communication regulations provided in the International Telecommunication Union charter concerning documents that must be provided to ship stations, etc.
1. Background of revisions, etc.
Radio communication regulations (RR) provided in the charter of the International Telecommunication Union were revised at WRC-07 (the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference), with changes made to the documents that must beprovided to ship-based radio stations, and based on these revisions the documents will now be issued by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
In Japan, based on regulations in Article 60 of the Radio Law (Act No. 131 of 1950 Law), there are regulations for documents that must be provided to ship stations, ship earth stations, coastal station and coastal earth stations as set forth in items 1 and 2 in the table in Article 38.1 of the Radio Law Enforcement Regulations; however, since there is now a need to revise these documents in line with the new RR revisions, the related regulations will be serviced.
2. Outline of revisions
Radio Law enforcement regulations
Among the documents that must be provided to ship stations, ship earth stations, coastal station and coastal earth stations as set forth in items 1 and 2 in the table in Article 38.1 of the Radio Law Enforcement Regulations based on RR regulations, the summaries and names of
A. Records of names of coastal stations
B. Records of names of ship stations
C. Records of names of radio identification stations and special business stations
D. Table of call signs or identification signals for stations of alphabetical or numerical order used in maritime mobile business
have been modified as follows, and regulations will now be serviced.
A. Records of names of ship stations, and allocation charts for maritime mobile business identification
B. Records of names of coastal stations and special business stations
Servicing of other related regulations
For the following bulletins and directives, regulations will be serviced to match the revision of enforcement regulations.
A. 1960 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Bulletin No. 1017 (radio stations where provision of clocks and business documents, etc. can be omitted, the range of items that can be omitted, and exceptions in terms of locations and situations in which these can be provided according to regulations in Article 38.2 and 38.3 of Radio Law Enforcement Regulations)
B. Radio Law-related Examination Standards (2001 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Directive No. 67)
3. Outline of public appeal for opinions
Subjects of appeal for opinions:
(1) Ministerial Ordinance Plan for Partial Revision of Radio Law Enforcement Regulations
(2) Bulletin Plan for Partial Revision of 1960 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Bulletin No. 1017
(3) Directive Plan for Partial Revision of Radio Law-related Examination Standards
Deadline for submission of opinions: 17:00 on May 27 (Fri), 2011 (mailed must also arrive no later than this date)
Please see the enclosed document for an outline of the appeal for opinions.
These reform proposals (new-old comparison tables) can be inspected at the contact address provided at the end of this document, and will also be published in the “Reports and documents” area of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) website as well as in the “Public comment” field of e-Gov, the electronic coordinated government contact website.
4. Schedule
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will promtly revise these ministerial ordinance based on the opinions received.
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For further information about this press release, please fill in the inquiry form and submit it to MIC on the website
http://www.soumu.go.jp/joho_tsusin/eng/contact.html
International Policy Division,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC
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