(1) Where a national  station  cannot  provide  the required  facilities, a licence for a limited coast station may be granted  by the Authority  to

(a) any agency of the Government;

(b) any  person  who  is  engaged  regularly  in  the  operation,   docking, direction,  servicing   or management   of  one  or  more  commercial transport  vessel;

(c) any fishing enterprise  engaged in full time operation  and in control of a minimum of three vessels; or

(d) any agency responsible for the operation, control, maintenance or development  of a harbour,  port  or waterway  used  by  commercial transport  vessels.

(2) Except as may be specifically provided in the licence a limited  coast station shall not be

(a) Open to public correspondence

(b) used to transmit programme  material of nay kind for use in connection  with radio broadcast;  or

(c) used to transmit media material  or new items which are not required  to serve the needs of ships  specified  in the licence.

(3) A limited coast station shall be used exclusively in an emergency to serve the need of the Government and ships including the transmission of safety messages.

(4) Subject to sub-regulation (5), and except with the permission  in writing of the Authority,  telecommunication   apparatus on board  any sea-going  vessel (including fishing vessel)  shall not be put into operation while such a vessel is at any port or harbour within Ghana.

(5) Sub-regulation   (4) does not apply to the use of any apparatus for VHF communication  between  masters  of ships, ship owners,  agents  or dock officials who are concerned with the berthing  or departure of vessels  or the handling of cargo or other port operational matters .