Printing and Newspapers Act 1970 (ACT)

PRINTING AND NEWSPAPERS

No. 3 of 1970

An Ordinance to amend the Printing and Newspapers

Ordinance 1961-1966.

1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Printing and News­ papers Ordinance 1970.*

(2.) The Printing and Newspapers Ordinance 1961-1966f is in

this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may

be cited as the Printing and Newspapers Ordinance 1961-1970.

2.  Section 4 of the Principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of " Deputy Registrar"

in sub-section (1.) the following definition:—

" ' duplicating machine ' does not include an offset dup­

licating machine;" and

(b)	by omitting paragraph (b) of the definition of "printing
press " in that sub-section and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

"(b) a duplicating machine;".

3. Section 15 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words " a roneo or other multigraph process " and inserting in their stead the words " duplicating machine ".

4. Section 17 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (2.) the words " a roneo or other multigraph process " and inserting in their stead the words " duplicating machine ".

t Ordinance No. 16, 1961, as amended by No. 19, 1966.

5. Section 24 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting sub-sections (2.) and (3.).

6. After section 24 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is inserted:—

"24A.—(1.) Where the Registrar has reason to believe that a registered newspaper has ceased to be published, he may, by notice in writing served on the proprietor of the registered newspaper, call upon the proprietor to show cause, within the time specified in the notice, why the registration of the newspaper should not be cancelled.

" (2.) Where—

(a) a newspaper has been registered under this Part for a period

of not less than two years; and

* Made on 16 February 1970; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 26 February 1970.

(b) the Registrar has reason to believe that the newspaper has never been published,

the Registrar may, by notice in writing served on the proprietor of the registered newspaper, call upon the proprietor to show cause, within the time specified in the notice, why the registration of the newspaper should not be cancelled.

" (3.) W h e r e ­

to) the Registrar has received a notice and certificate of registration of a newspaper under the last preceding section; or

(b) a proprietor of a registered newspaper on whom a notice has been served under this section does not, within the time specified in the notice, show cause to the satisfaction of the Registrar,

the Registrar may cancel the registration of the newspaper.".