Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Approved Organisation for the Testing of Automatic Location Communicators—Vessel Monitoring Systems Circular Seven

The following notice is issued pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Regulations 1993.
1. Approved Organisation
Advanced Global Communications Limited has been approved to test devices against the standards issued
for automatic location communicators in circulars, pursuant to Regulation 4 of the Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Regulations 1993. The address for Advanced Global Communications Limited is 13C Ride Way, Albany, Auckland, or by post to
P.O. Box 30 252, North Harbour, Auckland.
2. Receipt of Devices for Testing
Devices for the testing by Advanced Global Communications Limited shall be submitted to
the address detailed in point 1 above. A copy of the submission documentation shall be sent to the following Ministry of Fisheries address and be marked to
the attention of the Vessel Monitoring Systems
(VMS) Application Manager, Ministry of Fisheries,
ASB Bank House, 101-103 The Terrace (P.O. Box 1020), Wellington.
3. Devices to be submitted
Devices submitted for testing are to be comprised
of both the hardware and software components as
detailed in Circulars One (Certification Requirements
for Inmarsat C Automatic Communication Location Communicators) and Two (Certification Requirements for ARGOS Automatic Communication Location Communicators) issued pursuant to Regulation 4 of
the Fisheries (Satellite Vessel Monitoring) Regulations 1993.
4. Queries
All queries on the issue of type approvals are to be directed to the Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) application manager at the address detailed in point
2 above.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of July 2006.
STEVE STUART, National Compliance Manager, Ministry of Fisheries.