S.I. No. 211/1972 -- Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Sound Broadcasting Receivers) Order, 1972.
S.I. No. 211/1972: WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF SOUND BROADCASTING RECEIVERS) ORDER, 1972. |
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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ACT, 1926 (SECTION 3) (EXEMPTION OF SOUND BROADCASTING RECEIVERS) ORDER, 1972. |
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I, GERARD COLLINS, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 (6) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926) (inserted by section 11 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1972 (No. 5 of 1972)) hereby order as follows:-- |
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(1) (a) This Order may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (Section 3) (Exemption of Sound Broadcasting Receivers) Order, 1972. |
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(b) This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 1972. |
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(2) The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order. |
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(3) The following class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy, namely, apparatus designed solely for receiving sound (but not visual images) broadcast by a broadcasting station, is hereby declared to be a class of apparatus for wireless telegraphy to which section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 (No. 45 of 1926), is not to apply. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 29th day of August, 1972. |
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GERARD COLLINS. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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This Order provides for the abolition of the requirement to license sound broadcasting receivers from 1st September, 1972. |
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