S-28 Cap. 173° Rev. 1985 Subsidiary Legislation Telecommunications Secrecy of correspondence 12. Before any certificate, permit or authorisation under these Regulations is issued a declaration that he will preserve the. secrecy of correspondence shall be signed by the applicant. Age of certificate holders 123, A restricted radio-telephone operator’s certificate or an amateur operator’s certificate shall be issued only to.a person not less than: 16 years of age. Non-British subjects 124, A radio operator’s certificate or permit shall not be issued ‘to a person who is not a British subject. : Authorisations 125.—(1) The Permanent Secretary may in exceptional circumstances issue an authorisation to a person who is not a British subject for the operation ofa licensed station. (2) Any such authorisation may be in respect of a particular station arid may be subject to such other conditions’ as the Permanent Secretary may prescribe. Certificates issued outside Fifi 126. The Permanent Secretary may at his discretion recognize as the equivalent of an operator’s certificate issued under these Regulations an operator's s certificate of similar class issued by another country of the Commonwealth. ' Conditions for the conduct of éxaminatiowis °° ~ 127. The Permanent Secretary may from time to time prescribe the conditions for the-conduct of any--examination. pursuant to these: Regulations. : Amateur operator's certifi cates ~ : 128. To qualify for an anateur operator’s certificate a candidate shall pass an examination comprising— (a) a written examination in the elementary principles of electricity and of radio-telegraphy and radio-telephony and in the adjustment and -operation. of radio apparatus used in a typical: amateur ‘station; (b). morse operating, both sending and receiving at a speed of 12 words a minute; and * (c) a knowledge of such of these Regulations as are applicable to the : = ‘amateur service: Provided that the paragraph (b) of this wave banks above 30 - (Amended Permanent Secretary may exempt from the provisions of regulation a candidate for a certificate to operate only on MHz. _ by Legal Notice 133 of 1975; 115 of ‘1982. d PART VII—SHIP Ships STATIONS 129. The provisions of this Part shall apply only to ships Tegistered ini Fiji. Ships registered in other countries shall be subject to the general provisions. of the International Radio Regulations, except that while in Fiji waters, a ship not registered in Fiji shall observe the requirements of regulation 134, |